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Rhetoric and Rhetorical Analysis

This document outlines various rhetorical strategies, devices, techniques, and appeals used in rhetoric and rhetorical analysis. It discusses modes of rhetoric like narrative, expository, and argumentative discourse. It also covers strategies such as compare/contrast, examples, and cause/effect. Additionally, the document outlines rhetorical devices, techniques, effects of rhetoric, components of rhetorical analysis, and the three persuasive appeals of logos, pathos, and ethos.

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Rhetoric and Rhetorical Analysis

This document outlines various rhetorical strategies, devices, techniques, and appeals used in rhetoric and rhetorical analysis. It discusses modes of rhetoric like narrative, expository, and argumentative discourse. It also covers strategies such as compare/contrast, examples, and cause/effect. Additionally, the document outlines rhetorical devices, techniques, effects of rhetoric, components of rhetorical analysis, and the three persuasive appeals of logos, pathos, and ethos.

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Rhetoric and Rhetorical Analysis

Modes of Rhetoric/Discourse
• Narrative
• Expository
• Description
• Argument/persuasion
Strategies
• Compare/contrast
• Process
• Analysis
• Example
• Cause/effect
• Classification
• Definition
…continued…
• Diction
• Syntax
• Tone and mood
• Purpose
• Satire
Devices
• Pun, double entendre, onomatopoeia
• Similes, metaphor, analogies
• Personification, allegory, fables
• Metonymy, synecdoche
• Apposition, epithets
• Hyperbole, understatement, euphemism
• Paradox and oxymoron
Rhetorical Techniques
• Repetition
– Parallelism
• antithesis
– Ellipsis
– Exclamation
– Parenthesis
• Subordination
• Questions
Effects of Rhetoric
• Contribute to the logical structure of the
text
• Establish emotional effect
• Convey to readers the nature of our
character or ethical orientation
Rhetorical Analysis
• Subject
• Thesis
• Tone
• Purpose
• Mode of discourse
• Patterns of arrangement
…continued…
• Syntax
• Dialogue
• Diction
• Langauge
• Imagery
Persuasive Appeals
• Logos
• Pathos
• Ethos
Conclusion
• Carefully read the passage
• Recognize and identify strategies used in
the passage
• Determine how these strategies are utilized
in the development of the author’s purpose
and tone

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