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Rhetoric
the art of using language effectively & persuasively
Aristotle
Persuade an audience
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos were identified by ____ to effectively ___________.
ethos
persuasive appeal of one's character, especially how this character is established by means of the speech
ethos
considering counterarguments
ethos
promoting goodwill
ethos
presenting credentials/ expertise
ethos
objective & fair language
ethos
trying to establish, one must appear knowledgeable about one's subject & also benevolent
logos
an appeal to logic or reason
logos
allusion
logos
deductive & inductive reasoning
logos
citing credible sources
logos
facts & statistics
inductive reasoning
giving similar examples then making a general statement
specific to general
deductive reasoning
making a general statement & applying it to a specific point
general to specific
pathos
an appeal to the emotion of the audience
pathos
figurative language such as metaphor, simile, synecdoche & vivid imagery
synecdoche
part is made to represent the whole
pathos
emotional anecdotes (personal story)
pathos
vivid, connotative language employed to evoke sympathy
pathos
repetition for emphasis
pathos
questions
anaphora
repetition that occurs at the beginning of successive sentences or phrase
epiphora
repetition that occurs at the end of successive sentences or phrases
conduplicato
repetition that occurs within a passage with no set pattern
anadaplosis
repetition that occurs in the last word of a sentence & the first word of the next
epanalepsis
repetition that occurs in the first word of a sentence & the last word of the next
rhetorical question
asking a question for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
hypophora
asking a question and immediately answering it
epiplexis
asking a question to reproach or rebuke rather than to elicit answers
procatalepsis
speaker raises an objection to his own argument & then addressing it (prebuttal)
1. Freedom Fighters
2. Hitler
3. Malcolm X
4. KKK
5. Spring Hill College
6. James Meredith
7. Ralph McGill
8. Paul Tillage
9. Court of Life
10. Sarah Boyle
11. Lillian Smith
10 examples of allusions
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