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Page 1: BOOM Word Wall. RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY An essay where you analyze the author’s argument, looking at the author’s rhetorical appeals and style

BOOM

Word Wall

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RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY

An essay where you analyze the author’s argument, looking at the author’s rhetorical appeals and style.

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RHETORIC

The ways in which we try to persuade a given audience, for a given purpose.

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Rhetorical Triangle

A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience.

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Graphic

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RHETORICAL APPEALS

Part of how you describe rhetorical strategies (along with style)EthosPathosLogos

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ETHOS

The ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.

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PATHOS

The emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.

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LOGOS

The appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.

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AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

The author’s reason for writing. What is the author attempting to achieve by writing?

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TONE

The writer’s attitude toward the text/subject matter.

When identifying tone, use an adjective.

Tone is created by the writer’s use of all of the other rhetorical strategies. Diction & Tropes Syntax & Schemes Details & Lack of Details

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CONTEXT

The circumstances that form the setting.

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MAIN POINT

What the author is trying to tell the reader.

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DICTIONThe author’s choice of words.When analyzing diction, look for specific words or short phrases that seem stronger than the others. Diction is NEVER the entire sentence!

Also, look for a pattern (or similarity) in the words the writer chooses (ex. Do the words imply sadness, happiness, etc?). This pattern helps to create a particular kind of diction.

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DICTION CONTINUED

This pattern can also include repetition of the same words or phrases. Repeating the same word or phrase helps the reader emphasize a point, feeling, etc.

Effective diction is shaped by words that are clear, concrete, and exact. Good writers avoid words like pretty, nice, and bad because they are not specific enough. Instead, they rely on words that invoke a specific effect in order to bring the reader into the event being described.

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SYNTAX

The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.

Diction = One wordSyntax = Words together

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SYNTAX CONTINUED

Schemes One aspect of syntax is schemes. Most

English sentences follow a subject-verb-object pattern (ex. I went to the store.) Deviating from this pattern can serve to add emphasize to the author’s ideas.

Sentence Length Another aspect of syntax is sentence length.

Good writers will use a variety for emphasis. Short sentences – imply straightforward Long sentences – imply descriptive, detailed

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STYLE

The other way (besides rhetorical appeals) to analyze rhetorical strategies.

The choices an author makes in language for effect.

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DENOTATION

The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.

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CONNOTATION

The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.

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JUXTAPOSITION

the act or placement of two things (usually abstract concepts) near each other

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PARALLELISM

a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure

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ANTITHESIS

The direct or exact opposite

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TROPE

A figure of speech using words in nonliteral ways such as metaphor, simile, etc…

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SIMILE

Comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”

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METAPHOR

Comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as”

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PERSONIFICATION

Giving living qualities to non-living things.

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HYPERBOLE

The use of exaggeration; not to be taken literally.

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ALLUSION

A figure of speech that makes a reference to people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art, either directly or by implication.

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ALLITERATION

The repetition of a particular sound (usually consonants) in a series of words or phrases.

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ANTIMETABOLE

The repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order (e.g., "I know what I like, and I like what I know").

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ARCHAIC DICTION

The use of old fashioned or outdated language

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CHIASMUS

The figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point; that is, the clauses display inverted parallelism.

Example: "Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

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COLLOQUIALISM

A word or phrase that is employed in conversational or informal language but not in formal speech or formal writing.

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HORTATORY

Marked by exhortation or strong urging - as in a very encouraging speech.