Spikes Rhetorical Devices and Vocab
"Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves." Appeals to Ethos, Logos, or Pathos?
Ethos
What appeal does Patrick Henry create when he says, "It is only in this way that we can hope to arriveat truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country". Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?
Ethos
Which rhetorical appeal is all about the credibility of the speaker? Ethos Pathos Logos Rhetoric
Ethos
APPEAL: "Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed in our power."
Ethos (Ethical Appeal)
Immoral
Defying moral principles
Rougish
Dishonest; mischievous
Insolent
Disrespectful
Henry states his view in saying that, "I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery." What rhetorical device is the word "it"?
Either/Fallacy
"No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House." Appeals to Ethos, Logos, or Pathos?
Ethos (credibility)
Patrick Henry ends his speech with "Give me liberty or give me death!" This is an example of what?
Parallelism
Which rhetorical device is used? I came, I saw, I conquered. Parallelism Repition Allusion Analogy
Parallelism
Which rhetorical device is used? We stand indicted in the public opinion, rejected by men, hated by many. Anaphora Parallelism Allusion Repetition
Parallelism
APPEAL "Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed in our power."
ethos - an appeal to one's sense of morality
"There is no retreat but in submission and slavery."
Antithesis
"The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come."
"The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come."
"When you were deceived by Adam and Eve, You drove them out of Paradise."
- Allusion This quote is focused towards the story of Adam and Eve and how the people who weren't religious, it shows God's resentment and unforgiving nature that is told in the perspective of Elie.
"The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it...'
- Foreshadowing This quote foreshadows the death of Elie's father.
"The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me."
- Imagery Elie will never be able to un-see his father's death and never be able to forget the things that he has seen and been through in the concentration camps.
"He wandered in the synagogue or in the streets, with his eyes down, his back bent, avoiding peoples' eyes." -
- Imagery This quote shows how broken down Moshe the Beadle has become; it is a sign of someone who has given up.
"Babies were thrown into the air and the machine gunners used them as targets."
- Imagery The imagery of this quote serves the purpose of the author describing how the Nazi's treated the Jewish people.
"...whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky."
- Imagery This imagery is used to show the terror caused by the gas chambers and crematories.
"I no longer thought of my father or of my mother. From time to time I would dream of a drop of soup."
- Metaphor This is the comparison of finding something that is needed more than love at the moment. Elie would rather have food instead of having his parents and loving them.
"The whole camp was electric with the tension which was in all our hearts."
- Metaphor The metaphor is used to describe the feeling and atmosphere throughout the camp.
"That night the soup tasted of corpses."
- Metaphor This is meant to show the pain and disturbance that Elie felt when witnessing the execution of the young prisoner.
"Where a few half-burned candles still gave a flickering light."
- Metaphor This quote is the comparison between the faith of the Jewish people and specifically Elie Wiesel. The fear that the Jews faced made people question their faith and the will of God.
"The race towards death had begun"
- Personification This personification is meant to indicate how quickly death befell the Jews of Sighet.
"From the depths of the mirror."
- Personification What Elie is looking at in the mirror is himself and trying to find the deeper meaning within his own self.
"Never shall I forget those flames which consumes my faith forever."
- Personification This showed how the sight of crematory in the concentration camp took away Elie's faith in God.
"Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moment which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never."
- Repetition The word "never" is repeated throughout this passage.
"He closed his eyes, as though to escape time."
- Simile As he closed his eyes to relax and take control of time and try to escape the bad and when he opens his eyes, all things will be good again.
"Tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes."
- Simile Comparing the teardrops of wax was a sign of someone giving up hope.
"He leapt on me, like a wild animal, hitting me in the chest."
- Simile This simile shows how the SS officers acted in the concentration camps towards the Jews. They inflicted pain on anyone that wasn't a Nazi.
Buoyant
Able to float; pushing upward; quick to recover emotionally; cheerful
The following quote from the Patrick Henry speech shows which rhetorical strategies? Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Allusion Ethos All of the Above None of the Above
All of the Above: Both Allusion and Ethos
"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts"
Allusion
Henry says, "Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes see not, and having ears hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation." What rhetorical device is he using?
Allusion
What rhetorical device does Henry use when he says, "I have but one lamp by which by feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience." Is he appealing to Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?
Allusion Ethos because it shows him as a spiritual person
Rhetorical device used in "Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss."
Allusion (Biblical Allusion to Judas betraying Jesus)
"Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded..."
Amplification (this is also a tricolon and parallelism)
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience."
Analogy
Rhetorical device used in "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."
Analogy
Which rhetorical device is used? There must be strict supervision, there must be an end to speculation, there must be provision for adequate currency. Anaphora Repetition Analogy Parallelism
Anaphora
"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves..."
Anaphora (this is also amplification)
Sulky
Angrily silent; horse-drawn vehicle for one person
Placid
Calm in nature and appearance; complacent
Astute
Clever and perceptive; shrewd and discerning where personal benefit is to be derived.
"Guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings." Appeals to Ethos, Logos, or Pathos?
Ethos (morals)
Morose
Gloomy personality
Callous
Hard hearted; showing no concern for others who are hurt/upset
The following line from Night illustrates which term? I nodded, once, ten times, endlessly. As if my head had decided to say yes for all eternity. Metaphor Motif Hyperbole Simile
Hyperbole
"There are a thousand and one gates leading into the orchard of mystical truth."
Hyperbole This is an exaggeration of the ways that people were discovering faith and enlightenment. There are many different ways to find enlightenment.
Rhetorical device used in "Our chains are forged!"
Imagery
Rhetorical device used in "...have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament."
Imagery
Decadent
In decline; immoral
Nonchalant
Indifferent; calm and unconcerned about things
Gracious
Kind and polite; condescendingly polite; elegant; having divine grace
The following quote shows all of the following EXCEPT: There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Ethos Logos Loaded Terms Tricolon
Logos
APPEAL: " What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sire, deceive ourselves longer. Sire we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on."
Logos (Logical Appeal)
"Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest." Appeals to Ethos, Logos, or Pathos?
Logos (logic)
"I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past." Appeals to Ethos, Logos, or Pathos?
Logos (logic)
"They [navies and armies] are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging."
Metaphor
Rhetorical device used in "Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on.
Metaphor
Rhetorical device used in "Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet."
Metaphor
The following line from Night illustrates which term? We needed to show God that even here, locked in hell, we were capable of singing His praises. Personification Simile Metaphor Allusion
Metaphor
Henry compares the build-up of armies and navies to "chains"which the British will "bind" and "rivet." What rhetorical device is he using? And what is he appealing to--Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?
Metaphor Also a continuation of freedom/slavery motif Appeal to pathos through the imagery of imprisonment in the metaphor
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
Parallelism
Patrick Henry calls "God the Majesty of Heaven just as King George III is the King of England." What device is he using here?
Parallelism
Unmerciful
Not merciful; excessive- going beyond what is reasonable.
Droll
Oddly amusing
Brooding
Ominous; seeming to contain some silent threat or danger
Patrick Henry says "listen to the song of that siren till shetransforms us into beasts". Is he appealing to Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?
Pathos
APPEAL: "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!"
Pathos (Emotional Appeal)
Henry says, "Peace, peace" and then he refutes it by saying, "butthere is not peace. The war is actually begun." What is he appealing to--Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?
Pathos as he metaphorically describes the advancement of the British military as a "gale" which will "sweep from the north." Through the comparison, he is saying that just as a storm cannot be stopped by man's human endeavors, the British will not be stopped by man's human strength.
Henry says that the colonists' petition have been met with "an insidious smile." Is he appealing to Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?
Pathos because it implies that the British are fooling the colonists into believing that they will act on these petitions in a positive manner, but it is really only a trap to keep them under British rule.
Which rhetorical device is used? He kept pausing, as though he lacked strength to uncover the meaning beneath the text. The melody stifled itself in his throat. Imagery Hyperbole Personification Metaphor
Personification
Forceful
Powerful; impressive or persuasive
Circumspect
Prudent; taking all into consideration before acting
Patrick Henry's statement is an example of what rhetorical device? "Mr. President: No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house. But different men often see the same subject in different lights."
Refutation
"But when shall we be stronger? Shall it be the next week, or the next year? "
Rhetorical Question
Altruistic
Selflessness; belief in acting for others' good.
Angst-ridden
Seriously affected by a feeling of dread or anxiety
Merciful
Showing mercy; welcome because of putting an end to something unpleasant or distressful
Canny
Shrewdly knowing and not easily deceived
What is the motif of Patrick Henry's speech?
Slavery to Britain
Austere
Suggesting physical hardship ; unsmiling; plain and without luxury; plain in style or design
Which of the following best defines parallelism? The repetition of grammatical structure The use of words of phrases with emotional connections The expression of the same idea in different words The use of symbols and figures of speech
The repetition of grammatical structure
"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."
Tricolon
Malevolent
Wanting to cause harm; harmful or evil
Sage
Wise person; plant with aromatic leaves
Fretful
Worried
"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts."
allusion - reference to a story that is commonly known by both author and reader
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience."
analogy - a comparison
Name this device: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills."—Winston Churchill, speech in the House of Commons, 6/4/40
anaphora
Name this device: "Why should white people be running all the stores in our community? Why should white people be running the banks of our community? Why should the economy of our community be in the hands of the white man? Why?"—Malcolm X
anaphora
Name this device: "What if I am rich, and another is poor—strong, and he is weak—intelligent, and he is benighted—elevated, and he is depraved? Have we not one Father? Hath not one God created us?"—William Lloyd Garrison, "No Compromise with Slavery"
antithesis
Name this device: "Your forefathers crossed the great water and landed on this island. Their numbers were small. They found friends and not enemies. They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men, and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, granted their request; and they sat down amongst us. We gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison in return."—Red Jacket, 1805
antithesis
"There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged!"
imagery - words and phrases used by the author to create a mental picture in the mind of the reader
Name this device: "Isn't it interesting that this person to whom you set on your knees in your most private sessions at night and you pray, doesn't even look like you?"—Malcolm X
rhetorical question
APPEAL "What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on."
logos - an appeal to logic
"They [navies and armies] are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging."
metaphor - A figure of speech that uses one thing to mean another and makes a comparison between the two.
Name this device: "...for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor"—The Declaration of Independence
parallelism
Name this device: "...the love of liberty, jury trial, the writ of habeus corpus, and all the blessings of free government..."—John Randolph of Roanoke, "Speech on the Greek Cause."
parallelism
Name this device: "It will be long before our larger life interprets itself in such imagination as Hawthorne's, such wisdom as Emerson's, such poetry as Longfellow's, such prophesy as Whittier's, such grace as Holmes's, such humor and humanity as Lowell's."—William Dean Howells, Literary Friends and Acquaintance
parallelism
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
parallelism - repeated use of a grammatical structure in a sentence
"Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded"
parallelism - repeated use of a grammatical structure in a sentence
"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne."
parallelism - repeated use of a grammatical structure in a sentence
APPEAL "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!"
pathos - an appeal to emotions
"We must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight!"
repetition - repeating words or phrases for emphasis
Name this device: "Wasn't the cult of James a revealing symbol and symbol of an age and society which wanted to dwell like him in some false world or false art and false culture?"—Maxwell Geismar, Henry James and His Cult
rhetorical question
Name this device: "You say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it?"—Red Jacket, 1805 speech
rhetorical question
"Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?"
rhetorical question - a question that does not require an answer because the answer is clear
"But when shall we be stronger? Shall it be the next week, or the next year? "
rhetorical question - a question that does not require an answer because the answer is clear
Either or fallacy
the arguer characterizes a complex problem, with many possible solutions, as having only two possible solutions, one desirable and one not.