Rhetorical Appeals and Rhetorical Devices - ELA III
Rhetorical Question
A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected or to provoke thought, such as "How many times do I have to tell you not to yell in the house?" or "How much longer will this injustice continue?"
Allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event, such as "This place is like a Garden of Eden."
Parallelism
A rhetorical device in which the same grammatical structure is used within a sentence or paragraph to show that two or more ideas have equal importance
argument
A statement which is presented and supported by evidence.
What rhetorical appeal is the following passage an example of? The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion recommends that people ages 6-17 have 60 minutes of physical activity a day.
Ethos
appeals
In rhetoric, the means of persuasion in an argument. According to Aristotle, there are three fundamental appeals to convince a person: reason (logos), ethics (ethos), and emotion (pathos).
What rhetorical appeal is the following passage an example of? Aside from promoting healthy physical habits, there are mental and emotional benefits to exercise.
Logos
What rhetorical appeal is the following passage an example of? In the spring, you can see any number of kids beaming proudly with their medal for physical fitness and bounding around the halls waiting to continue playing after school.
Pathos
Repetition
Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
devices
Techniques that an author or speaker uses to influence or persuade an audience
Pathos
appealing to emotions of the audience, like happiness, sadness, nostalgia, hope...
An appeal to ______________ can be persuasive because it conveys the credibility of the speaker.
ethos
Restatement
expressing the same ideas using different words
An appeal to________________ can be effective because it sends a message to the audience's brain.
logos
An appeal to _______________ can be convincing because it sends a message to the audience's heart.
pathos
Logos
the appeal that shows reason, or that something makes sense and that it is logical.
Ethos
the credibility or ethical character of a speaker
credibility
the quality of being believable or trustworthy
claim
the writer's position on an issue or problem
Antithesis
words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as "hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins".