1. Rhetoric Definitions

2. Learning Target
Ri 6: I can determine the author’s point of view and purpose for writing a text. Ri 6: I can analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance his point of view or purpose.
Essential Q:
How do authors use rhetorical appeals, strategies, and devices to make their writing more engaging or persuasive?
Questions
Notes

3. There are three of them :)
Ethos--the appeal to expertise in order to decide right and wrong//an appeal that emphasizes expertise, right, and wrong
Pathos--an appeal that tries to manipulate the feelings of the audience
Logos--an appeal that uses/focuses on logic (facts, statistics) to persuade/convince the audience.
Rhetorical Appeals
There are three of them :)

4. Rhetorical Strategies
Description
Narration
Process
Example
Comparison
Analogy
Classification
Definition
Cause and Effect
Chronological
Order of Importance
Problem and Solution
Spatial Order

5. Rhetorical Devices Repetition Restatement Rhetorical Question
Hypophora
Allusion
Parallelism
Antithesis
Tricolon
Polysyndeton
Juxtaposition
Analogy
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Rhetorical Devices

6. Allusion
An allusion is a reference to something famous within a text.

7. Repetition
Repetition is when the speaker states the same idea using the same words

8. Restatement is when you voice an idea using different words.
Have a seat
Sit down
Take a seat
Be quiet.
Hush.
Shut up.
Simmer down.
Quiet down.
Restatement
Restatement is when you voice an idea using different words.

9. Analogy
Analogy is when you compare two or more things emphasizing their similarities.

10. Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition is a deliberate placement of ideas next to each other, typically in order to make a comparison.

11. Rhetorical Question
A rhetorical question is a question a speaker asks but does not offer an explicit answer.

12. Hypophora
The speaker first asks a question and then answers it.

13. Polysyndeton
Polysyndeton is when several conjunctions are used in close succession, especially where some might be omitted—used to stress the importance of each item.

14. Parallelism
Parallelism, also known as parallel structure, is when phrases in a sentence have similar or the same grammatical structure.

15. Tricolon
Tricolon is when there are three parallel clauses, phrases, or words that happen in quick succession without interruption.

16. Antithesis
The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet-like speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
Antithesis is when you have parallelism in phrases with contrasting ideas close together.

18. Your First and Last Name. Your Last name
Your First and Last Name Your Last name 1 Miss Hernandez 9th Lit # 15 Aug 2016
Ri6: I can determine the author’s point of view and purpose for writing a text.
Ri 6: I can analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance his point of view or purpose.
Directions:
You have read two articles in class regarding school. Using your annotations discuss which piece is more persuasive based on its style.