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Rhetorical Strat. 1
The first Rhetorical Strategies to learn for APLANG
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ethos meaning | Credibility |
| Ethos example | Listing examples of your successes on your resume as reasons someone should hire you. |
| Logos meaning | Logical argument |
| Logos example | "Aristotle was mortal because he was a person." |
| Pathos meaning | An emotional appeal |
| Pathos example | Sad puppies on a commercial makes you want to help the animal shelter |
| irony/ ironic meaning | When words express a meaning opposites to the intended meaning or when there is a contrast between what is expected and reality |
| irony example | "A woman found out her husband was dead and was planning a life full of fun, but then the husband returns and she dies of shock" (The Story of an Hour). |
| Anaphora meaning | One of the devices of repetition in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses or sentences. |
| Anaphora example | "We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be..." |