Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices

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rhetorical question

a question to which no answer is expected

24. Never shall I forget that night, the first night in the camp, that turned my life into one like night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.

anaphora

There is so much to be done, there is so much that can be done.

anaphora

Hitler will not be able to harm us, even if he wants to . . .

apasiopesis

The presence of my teachers, my friends, my companions...

apasiopesis

You mustn't eat all at once. Tomorrow is another day . . .

apasiopesis

rhetoric

art of using language (figurative language and other techniques) for a specific purpose, usually persuasive

Of course, since I am a Jew profoundly rooted in my people's memory and tradition, my first response is to Jewish fears, Jewish needs, Jewish crises.

asyndeton

There was a little of everything: suitcases, briefcases, bags, knives, dishes, banknotes, papers, faded portraits.

asyndeton

sentence fragment

does not express a complete thought because it is missing a subject or a predicate; used for effect

pathos

emotional appeal; feelings

ethos

ethical appeal; author establishes credibility; sense of right and wrong

asyndeton

lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines

logos

logical appeal; fact, reason, logic

anaphora

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines

Do I have the right to represent the multitudes who have perished? Do I have the right to accept this great honor on their behalf?

rhetorical question

Faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and even in His creation.

sentence fragment

The inscription: WARNING! DANGER OF DEATH. What irony.

sentence fragment

apasiopesis

sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue; often followed by dash (--) or ellipses (. . .)

rhetorical device

use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience; techniques include personification, simile, metaphor, imagery, symbolism, repetition


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