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What is an anecdote?
A brief story or tale
What is an allusion?
A brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object that the audience should be familiar with
What is an analogy?
Comparison of two things that are alike in some respects
What is a thesis (claim)?
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What is a metaphor or extended metaphor?
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What is pathos?
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What is logos?
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What is ethos?
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What is imagery?
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Who is the audience in writing?
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What is connotation?
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What are rhetorical devices?
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What is alliteration?
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What is a simile?
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What is hyperbole?
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What is parallelism?
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What is a rhetorical question?
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What is a metaphor?
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What is repetition?
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What is anaphora?
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What is epistrophe?
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What is personification?
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What is synecdoche?
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What is onomatopoeia?
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What is an author's purpose?
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What is tone in writing?
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What is mood?
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Study Notes
Rhetorical Devices Overview
- Anecdote: A short story used to illustrate a point or inject humor.
- Allusion: References to historical or literary figures/events that enhance understanding.
- Analogy: Draws comparisons between similar aspects of two different things; includes metaphors and similes.
- Thesis (Claim): Central argument of an essay that guides the writer's point of view.
- Metaphor/Extended Metaphor: Direct comparison between unlike things; extended metaphors unfold throughout a text.
Persuasive Appeals
- Pathos: Engages emotional responses from the audience to persuade them.
- Logos: Utilizes logical arguments and reason to convince an audience.
- Ethos: Establishes credibility, authority, or ethics to gain audience trust.
Descriptive Techniques
- Imagery: Incorporates sensory details to create vivid pictures, engaging any of the five senses.
- Connotation: Implied meanings and emotional associations related to words.
- Alliteration: Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words for emphasis.
Figurative Language
- Simile: Compares two different things using "like" or "as."
- Hyperbole: Deliberate exaggerations for emphasis or effect.
- Personification: Attributes human traits to non-human entities or abstract concepts.
- Synecdoche: Uses a part to represent the whole or vice versa.
Rhetorical Structures
- Parallelism: Similar grammatical structure across parts of a sentence for rhythm and clarity.
- Rhetorical Question: A question posed for effect, not requiring an answer.
- Repetition: Emphasizes key ideas through repeating phrases or words.
- Anaphora: Repeats a word/phrase at the beginning of successive clauses for emphasis.
- Epistrophe: Repeats a word/phrase at the end of successive clauses to create rhythm.
Additional Elements
- Onomatopoeia: Words that mimic sounds related to their meaning.
- Author's Purpose: The intent behind writing, such as to inform, persuade, express, or entertain.
- Tone: The writer's attitude towards the subject, audience, or character conveyed through diction.
- Mood: The overall feeling or atmosphere evoked in the reader by the text.
- Theme: Recurring ideas or unifying concepts within a literary work.
- Restatement: Rephrasing of ideas for clarity and emphasis.
- Diction: The specific word choices made by a writer or speaker.
- Syntax: The arrangement of words to form well-constructed sentences.
- Metonymy: Refers to something by using a related term to suggest it, such as "the crown" for monarchy.
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