Rhetorical Devices and Appeals

A rhetorical device in which two unlike things are compared without using "like" or "as."

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Repetition

A question used for effect rather than response (ex: Sure! Why not?)

• Rhetorical question

• Parallelism

• Antithesis

• Repetition

An argument based on FEELINGS

• Ethos

• Logos
  Antithesis

• Pathos

• Rhetoric
  Pathos

An argument based on credibility or ethics; it appeals to good nature

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Rhetoric

Words that appeal to emotion or stereotype (ex: traitor, ObamaCare, dreadful, effective, elitist, etc)

• Claim

• Antithesis

• Loaded Language

• Elevated Language

Comparing 2 UNLIKE things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Loaded language

• Parallelism

Comparing 2 UNLIKE things USING "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Loaded Language

• Paralleism

Referring to well-known people, events, or stories in an effort to make a topic/subject more relatable/create parallels

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

• Allusion

• Repetition

Two opposite ideas in the same sentence (ie "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...")

• Allusion

• Rhetorical Question

• Loaded language

• Antithesis

An opposing view that awakens or invades a rhetor's claim

• Antithesis

• Counterclaim

• Claim

• Point of View