ENGLISH 11-Butler

The credibility, trustworthiness, or character of the rhetor

"Ethos" refers to the speaker's attempt to persuade by..."

logos

Persuading by appealing to the audience's logic is called...

common ground

Read the excerpt of Winston Churchill's speech "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be" The word 'we' is an example of what rhetorical device?

antithesis

Read the quotation from Neil Armstrong upon setting foot on the moon. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Which of the following rhetorical devices does Armstrong use to emphasize similar yet different ideas?

common ground

Read the quote from a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day." What rhetorical device is the bolded portion?

parallelism and repetition

Read the quote from a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day." What rhetorical devices are the lines? 'to work together, to pray together, to struggle together

climax ordering

Read the sentence from the letter in which the student discusses the importance of art. (19) It develops creativity, helps us shatter assumptions and form new sets of thought patterns, and it leads us to a deeper understanding of the workings of our universe. Which rhetorical device does the student use in the sentence to emphasize the importance of art through listing three impacts, ending with the most significant?

challenge the audience

The following is taken from a rough draft of a student's letter to the editor of a local newspaper in response to his comments on the decrease in the number of young voters. This last paragraph in which he calls upon young people to take action is? "I invite all young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 to start educating themselves on these issues and to get out and vote in the next election."

pathos

What is the appeal that affects the audience's emotions?

pathos

What rhetorical device is developed by the use of words such as "suffer," "repeated injuries," and "absolute Tyranny"?

to persuade readers to agree or disagree with a cause or belief

Which of the following is a main reason authors use rhetorical devices in their writing?

historical allusion

Which rhetorical device is an author using when referring to a historical period?

allusion

Which rhetorical device is an author using when referring to a well-known movie or piece of literature is?

convincing the audience of the speaker's good character

× An appeal to morality affects the audience by