AP Rhetorical Devices List Anecdote Perspective Aphorism A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature A character’s view of the situation or events in the story A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. The writings of Benjamin Franklin contain many aphorisms‚ such as "Early to bed and early to rise/Make a man healthy‚ wealthy‚ and wise." Contradiction A direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency Apostrophe
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to do so‚ they use what are commonly known as rhetorical devices today in order to strengthen their arguments. Locked in a fierce battle of wit to win over the furious mob‚ the question is this: Who will be dominant in this battle of verbal scrimmage? Although both speeches are powerful‚ inevitably‚ Antony’s use of rhetorical questions and if/then statements makes for a more logical and passionate speech than Brutus. First and foremost‚ Antony more effectively uses if/then statements better than
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Using rhetorical devices made Orwell’s story humorous and much more enjoyable to read. These rhetorical devices utilized by Orwell in Animal Farm include analogy‚ symbolism‚ personification‚ and satire. Of these‚ Orwell chose to use satire the most. As stated above‚ from beginning to end Animal Farm is based
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HAMLET On Claudius: “A little more than kin‚ a little less than kind” “Smiling‚ damned villain!” “Keeps wassail” “drains his draughts of Rhenish down” “remorseless‚ treacherous‚ lecherous‚ kindless villain!” “what‚ frighted with false fire!” On Polonius: “these tedious old fools” “i’ll lug the guts into the neighbour room” “you are a fishmonger” “thou wretched rash‚ intruding fool‚ farewell.” On Gertrude/Ophelia/Women: “i shall in my best obey you madam” “Like Niobe‚ all tears” “incestuous
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use of descriptive language in the form of rhetorical devices to create meaning between people. Rhetoric can be described as: “...a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form” (“Rhetoric - Examples and Definition of Rhetoric”). In simpler terms‚ rhetoric allows for communicators to persuade or to relate to their audience. Rhetoric’s most important job is creating connections through writing by using rhetorical devices. Rhetoric’s creates emphasis on important
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In Salvation Hughes tells of his confusing yet life changing event that occurred in his church. Hughes sat in church expecting Jesus to come into his life‚ but Jesus never came. When Langston alone sat on the bench and everyone crying and praying for him‚ he decides to get up and pretend to be saved. That night he cries for hours regretting what he did. Now that Hughes grew up he now can tell his story of that day in the church. Langston tells of his childhood experience and conveys into an adult
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colonist in the 13 colonial states of the United States of America. The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson use the rhetorical devices diction and repetition to convince the United States to declare independence from Great Britain. The choice of words that was presented in the article makes the context of the article to be presented differently. The diction used was negative due to the actions the British King did. Words such as “abuses”‚ “refused”‚ “harass” not only explain the negativity
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poetic devices in it. The poem is written by a guy named Alfred Noyes. The poem is about a highwayman that is in love with a beautiful girl‚ Bess. He leaves the home to steal gold. When he is gone‚ the Redcoats come into the home and tie up Bess. She decides she would kill herself before she have to see her lover die. After she kills herself‚ the highwayman gets killed by the Redcoats.This poem is filled with poetic devices‚ which makes this poem a masterpiece. One of the major poetic devices used
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2. Rhetorical Devices and Literary Techniques Rhetorical devices and literary techniques are closely related to tone and style. In fact‚ an author’s style partly consists of selecting and using certain devices; an author’s tone is partially determined by the type of techniques an author uses. Many SAT books will list lots of Greek terms you don’t need to know‚ such as synecdoche and anaphora. But the Critical Reading section won’t require that you know the names of rhetorical devices or literary
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Com220 – Week 1 Assignment – Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation The speech in which I choose to complete my review on was the “1992 Republican National Convention Address: A Whisper of AIDS” by May Fisher (1992) • What are some examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech you selected? For this question I would first like to address the question of fallacies as while the speech has to do with a serious topic‚ I found the tone of the speech to be using
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