Rhetorical Devices

1. Appeal to character, credibility, or ethics. (moral nature or guiding beliefs)

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

• Loco

1. The repetition of the last word in a phrase at the beginning of the next phrase or sentence.

            Ex:  Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate and hate leads to suffering.

• anaphora

• anadiplosis

• antistrophe

• alliteration

Appeal to logic and reason.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Appeal to emotion.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

The use of three phrases in succession, with all three constructed in the same pattern. It is the rule of three combined with another of our favorite structures—parallelism.

• Triameter

• Chiasmus

• Juxtaposition

• Tricolon

1. The repetition of the word/phrase at the beginning of the next phrase or sentence. 

             Ex: Give me liberty or give me death.   Get busy living or get busy dying.

• allusion

• analogy

• anaphora

• Antistrophe

1. Pairing exact opposites or contrasting ideas in a parallel structure.

Effect: creates rhythm , highlights the dramatic difference between opposing ideas.

• Amplification

• Antithesis

• Metaphor

• Analogy

1. An association that a word may suggest.

• Diction

• Connotation

• Rhetorical Question

The following is an example of what rhetorical device?

“Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.” -John F. Kennedy

• Chiasmus

• Allusion

• Antistrophe

• Anadiplosis

1. A two word paradox   Ex: Deafening silence, alone together

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Analogy