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Rhetorical Elements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is this an example of?: “Of all the studies in the last decade, none recommend that this is an effective treatment for losing weight.” | logos; appeal to logic for reason |
| what is this an example of?: “The doctor’s many years of experience show he is qualified to prescribe a treatment that will produce the best result.” | ethos; ethical appeal for credibility |
| what is this an example of?: “Some people feel they have wasted their lives, but it is never too late to renew a sense of purpose and meaning and make a valuable contribution to the world that only they can make.” | pathos; emotional appeal to engage emotion |
| what is this an example of?: “Today’s generation of students in their 20s is firmly tuned in to a digital world.” (less significant) | kairos; suitable time & place for argument |
| what is an ALLUSION? | figure of speech that indirectly references a person, place, thing, or event |
| what is an ANAPHORA? | word or expression is repeated at the beginning of a number of sentences, clauses, or phrases |
| what is an ANTITHESIS? | the idea of contrasting two opposing ideas, whether as words or phrases, with a parallel structure in writing |
| what is an ASYNDETON? | omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses |
| what is DICTION? | word choice |
| what is a HYPERBOLE? | exaggeration used for emphasis |
| what is IRONY? | the expression of one's meaning using language that normally signifies the opposite, generally to humorous or emphatic effect |
| what is MEIOSIS? | a deliberate understatement meant to belittle or dismiss |
| what is a METAPHOR? | a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another |
| what is an ONOMATOPOEIA? | a way that writers create sound in their work using words that sound like the noise they make |
| what is PARALLELISM? | a grammatical and rhetorical term for creating a sense of linguistic balance by repeating elements within a sentence |
| what is REPETITION? | intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work. |
| what is a RHETORICAL QUESTION? | a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer |
| what is a SIMILE? | compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.” |
| what is TONE? | the attitude a speaker or writer expresses toward their subject |
| what is ZEUGMA? | connect two different meanings of the same word together, setting them side-by-side to surprise, delight, or confuse audiences. |
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