Rhetorical Devices and Appeals

What is the definition of LOGOS?

• Appeal to logic

• Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one

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

• Two unlike ideas placed side by side. Ex: The sad clown danced happily through the butchery

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The definition of ALLITERATION is...

• Extreme exaggeration

• Repetition of consonant sounds

• Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other

• A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An ALLUSION is...

• an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive

• Extreme exaggeration

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of REPETITION?

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

• Appeal to credibility/trust

• A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

• A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The definition of a RHETORICAL QUESTION is...

• Appeal to emotion

• A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer

• A comparison without using like or as

• A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A SIMILE is...

• A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

• Appeal to emotion

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison without using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the definition of HYPERBOLE?

• Extreme exaggeration

• Appeal to emotion

• a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The definition of JUXTAPOSITION is...

• Two unlike ideas placed side by side.

  Ex: The sad clown danced happily through the butchery

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

• A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A METAPHOR is...

• A comparison without using like or as

• The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a paradox?

• A figure of speech that seems to contradict itself but is actually true.

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

• extreme exaggeration