Rhetorical Analysis

How the author uses language and words to accomplish a goal 

• oratory

• diction

• rhetoric

• denotation 

the speaker or writer's attitude about a subject

• metaphor

• irony

• mood

• tone

Deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs 

• anaphora

• denotation

• assonance

• antithesis 

When the writer/speaker appeals to the emotions of the reader; drawing pity from an audience; inspiring anger from an audience; etc.

• restatement 

• logos

• rhetoric

• pathos

When FDR says in his speech, "we must become like a trained and loyal army" which rhetorical device is being used?

• rehtorical question

• parallelism

• restatement

• analogy

It is the element of rhetorical situation which includes the historical background, time, place, and occasion.

• exigence

• purpose

• context

• choices

It is what the writer hopes to accomplish or happen as a result of the writing.

• exigence

• purpose

• appeals

• choices

It refers to the writer's choices of words and phrases to effectively convey his/her ideas.

• tone

• diction

• appeals

• context

They are the means to persuade the audience through logic (logos), emotion (pathos), and ethics (credibility).

• tone

• diction

• appeals

• choices

_______ is a direct comparison between two objects.

Example: But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• juxtaposition