Rhetoric devices

An attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas

repeition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row

a hort, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point

a short, witty statement

calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person to a place, thing, or peronified abstraction

• conjunctions are omitted
• ex. Be one of the few, the proud, the Marines

writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach

repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, claused sentences, or verses

nicer way of saying something

• a figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to rpresent something with which it is associated
• Ex. The pen is mightier thatn the sword.

when one statement isn't logically connected to another

an impersonal presentation of events and characters

• phrases with similar structure put next to each other
• Ex. "When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative." MLK

emothinoal appeal

writing that is scholarly

lots of conjunctions

when a writer raises an irrelevent issue to draw attention away from the real issue

things that pertain to a certain region

when a writer atgues against a claim that nobody actually holds or is universally considered weak

a personal presentation of events and characters influenced by the authors feelings and opinions

• part of something is used to represent the whole
• Ex. All hands on deck

• the word is used near the end of the sentence and at the beginning of the sentence
• Ex. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering

• 2 parts of a sentence joined by a single common noun or verb
• Ex. She took my wallet and my heart in the same night

letters

spirit of the times

chronological inconsistancy

coming of age story where the charachter grows morally and psycologicly