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R.A.T.
English Rhetorical Analysis Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| call to action | the author asking his/her audience to actually do what they are telling them |
| assertion | part of the thesis; more specific |
| point of view | perspective from which the story is told |
| thesis | the author's main idea |
| anaphora | a device of repetition where an expression is repeated |
| authority | Using an experts influence to persuade people |
| anticipation | foreseeing opposing arguments or a reader's reactions |
| anecdote | a short narrative told to provide an example, an illustration, or thematic truth |
| concession | to accept an opposing argument as true |
| pathos | Persuading people based on their emotions |
| parallelism | repetition of a grammatical structure in which ideas are similarily developed or arranged |
| diction | word choice |
| rhetorical question | a question used for persuasion, with only one obvious answer |
| tone | writers attidtude twoard the audience and subject |
| connotation | associations that occur when a word is read or heard |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| refutation | to probe wrong by argument or evidence |
| ethos | the credibility of trustworthiness of the author |
| logos | convincing people with logic and facts |
| syntax | sentence structure |
| inductive argument | specific to general (all men are mortal -> socrates is a man -> socrates is mortal) |
| deductive argument | general to specific (therefore) |
| logical markers | transitional words used to show logical relationships between ideas (however, nevertheless, thus, moreover) |
| implied thesis | the central idea of the writer that is NOT stated directly |
| polysyndeton | repetition of conjunctions |
| asyndeton | lack of conjunctions |
| allusion | reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art |
| listing/cataloguing | to record a series of phrases, ideas, or things for the purpose of overwhelmign the oposition |
| rapport | the relationship an author tries to develope with his/her audience; marked by harmony, conformity, accord, affinity |
| affiliation | the author's stated or implied memvership or allegiance with a group |
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