Vocab- Rhetorical Moves

Parallelism

• a short and interesting story, or an amusing event, often proposed to support or demonstrate some point, and to make the audience laugh

• This literary technique uses the repetition of words, phrases, or thought patterns for emphasis.

• when a speaker/writer addresses an opposing view or speaker and attacks their argument or character

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Repetition

• Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

• descriptive words used to add emphasis and to create an emotional response

• An inference that a claim is true for most people and is used to speak to prevailing beliefs or prejudices of and audience

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Alliteration

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  This literary technique uses the repetition of words, phrases, or thought patterns for emphasis.

• Repetition of initial consonant sounds to make certain words more memorable.

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Anecdote

• figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer

• A word that takes the place of a noun and are used to create a sense of unity

• a short and interesting story, or an amusing event, often proposed to support or demonstrate some point, and to make the audience laugh

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Assertion

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  To make an overstatement or to stretch the truth; used to grab the attention of the audience and emphasize certain points

• Ethical appeal; appeals to the speaker's status or authority, making the audience more likely to trust them.

• a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief without providing evidence

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Adjectives

• A technique of grouping together three words, ideas, or phrases for emphasis

• descriptive words used to add emphasis and to create an emotional response

• figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Attacks

• when a speaker/writer addresses an opposing view or speaker and attacks their argument or character

• words charged with an underlying meaning or implication and are used to produce emotion in an audience

• a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief without providing evidence

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

Bias

• the choices that a writer makes to effectively move the reader

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people, used to signal expertise or establish credibility

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

Pronouns

• Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

• descriptive words used to add emphasis and to create an emotional response

• A word that takes the place of a noun and are used to create a sense of unity

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Rhetorical question

• Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

• figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer

• A technique of grouping together three words, ideas, or phrases for emphasis

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4