1. Rhetorical Analysis Review
Elements
Appeals
Devices

2. Rhetoric Definition: The art of speaking, writing and communicating
effectively.
Purpose:
Rhetoric is a tool writers and speakers use in order to
influence the judgment or feelings of the readers and
listeners.

3. Review of Rhetorical Elements

4. Rhetorical Appeals - Let’s Review

5. Using the appeals to persuade
Video link

6. It all fits together – and overlaps!

7. Speaker/ Ethos Purpose Audience/ Pathos Subject/ Logos Occasion/
context
Occasion/
context
Purpose
Audience/
Pathos
Subject/
Logos
Occasion/
context

8. Tommy Boy and the Rhetorical Triangle
How does Tommy use the rhetorical triangle during his sales pitch to the potential client? What does he use? What is he missing? Tommy Bot rhetorical clip

9. Add the “G” - Genre What is the medium/genre the text is written in?
Speech?
Essay?
Letter?
Book – fiction/nonfiction?
Web?
Ad?
Publisher / Sponsor?
Date of publication?
Reputable?
Credible?

10. Add the “T” – Tone / Rhetorical Devices
Attitude of the speaker/author
Helps to determine what the author means
Methods the speaker might use
Diction (choice of words)
Syntax (sentence construction)
Imagery
Metaphors
Similes
Figurative language

11. Your E12 TOOLBOX of rhetorical devices!
These are the devices you will be expected to know and be able to identify for this unit:
Allusion
Connotation/denotation
Diction
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphor
Simile
Symbolism
Syntax

12. Allusion
Literary, historical, religious, or mythological REFERENCE to something well-known by many.
Ex: “…yourselves from those narrow prejudices which you have imbibed with respect to them and as Job proposed to his friends, ‘put yourself in their souls stead,’…”
Job- who suffers a great deal but remains faithful; from an OT character whose faith in God was tested by Satan; though he lost his family and belongings, he remained patient and faithful

13. Connotation Denotation
IMPLIED, underlying meaning of a word
DICTIONARY DEFINITION of a word

14. Diction
WORD CHOICE
High level, low level, emotional, vehement, etc.

15. Hyperbole
EXTREME EXAGGERATION
Look, there’s an allusion too!

16. Imagery
SENSORY DETAIL to evoke feeling or emotion or to describe; the 5 senses
Ex: “Her cheeks were rosy and so was my love – bursting with fragrance and softness.”

17. Irony AN IMPLIED DIFFERENCE
VERBAL: Difference between what is said and what is meant
SITUATIONAL: Difference between what you are led to expect and what actually happens
DRAMATIC: Difference between what one character knows and what the audience knows (We know something the character does not know.)
Clarification: If I say, “Gee, I really wish it would snow,” and it starts snowing immediately, that is apropos (too perfect). It is NOT ironic. (There is no DIFFERENCE between what I wanted and what happened.)

18. Metaphor Comparison without using LIKE or AS
Direct: A sea of troubles OR
Indirect: His depression was vast, swelled by troubles that perpetually crested and fell.

19. He is as pretty as your mom.
Simile
comparison using LIKE or AS
He is as pretty as your mom.

20. Symbolism Ex: Golden Arches represent McDonald’s
person, place, or thing that REPRESENTS something
Ex: Golden Arches represent McDonald’s
2ND PERIOD STOPPED HERE.

21. Syntax The way words and sentences are arranged
Sentences can be short and choppy or long and flowing. Pay close attention to the punctuation. 21

22. Lou Gehrig’s “Farewell Speech”
Putting it all into ACTION -
Lou Gehrig’s “Farewell Speech”

23. Background Information

24. The Speech – listen to the version(s)
Re-enactment of the Speech The Pride of the Yankees

25. Analyze the speech as directed by your teacher (individual/partner/group)