Rhetorical Elements

Alliteration

• -- a reference to somthing outside the scope of the topic, that brings in its own meaning

• -- repetition of initial consonant sounds

• -- asking a question that doesn’t necessarily need to be answered

  
  

• -- giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Allusion

• -- repetition of initial consonant sounds

•  -- a great exaggeration

• -- a reference to somthing outside the scope of the topic, that brings in its own meaning

• -- maintaining a grammatical structure

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Hyperbole

• -- a great exaggeration

• -- asking a question that doesn’t necessarily need to be answered

• -- repeating something

• -- maintaining a grammatical structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Personification

•  -- a great exaggeration

• -- giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• -- persuasion based on reputation, character, or credibility

• -- persuasion based on an emotional response

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Parallelism

• -- repeating something

• -- giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• -- asking a question that doesn’t necessarily need to be answered

• -- maintaining a grammatical structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Repetition

• -- asking a question that doesn’t necessarily need to be answered

• -- repeating something

• -- giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

•  - persuasion based on data, facts, and figures

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Rhetorical question

•  -- repeating something

• -- asking a question that doesn’t necessarily need to be answered

• -- giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• -- persuasion based on reputation, character, or credibility

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Ethos

• -- persuasion based on reputation, character, or credibility

•  - persuasion based on data, facts, and figures

• -- persuasion based on an emotional response

• -- asking a question that doesn’t necessarily need to be answered

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Logos

• -- maintaining a grammatical structure

• -- draws a comparison between two unlike things

• - persuasion based on data, facts, and figures

•  -- persuasion based on an emotional response

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Pathos

• -- persuasion based on reputation, character, or credibility

• -- persuasion based on an emotional response

• -- draws a comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as”

•  -- repetition of initial consonant sounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5