1. Rhetorical Appeals and Devices
AP Language and Composition
Unit One/Quarter One

2. Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangles

3. More Rhetorical Triangles

4. Understanding Persona Someone's persona is the aspect of their character or nature that they present to other people, perhaps in contrast to their real character or nature.  

5. Metaphor A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.

6. Metaphor A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.

7. Antithesis A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure

8. Metaphor “Spiral as a metaphor for increasing understanding”

9. Metaphor “Spiral as a metaphor for increasing understanding”

11. Metaphor A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.

12. Antimetabole A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the words in reverse grammatical order (A-B-C, C-B-A).
"We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Rock landed on us.“ (Malcolm X)

13. Metonymy A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for something closely associated with it.

14. Zeugma A rhetorical term for the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words although its use may be grammatically or logically correct with only one. Adjective: zeugmatic-is a figure of speech in which two or more parts of a sentence are joined with a single common verb or noun.
"You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit." (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

15. Personification A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form.

16. Hyperbole

18. Rhetorical Question?

19. Anaphora

20. Juxtaposition

21. Metaphor: Union of Black and White Equals One World

22. Irony