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The document discusses various rhetorical devices that enhance speech and writing, such as parallelism, hypophora, repetition, antithesis, tricolon, polysyndeton, juxtaposition, and sentence length. It also highlights the importance of rhetorical and persuasive appeals, including ethos, logos, and pathos, in effectively communicating messages. These devices and appeals work together to create a powerful impact on the audience.

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Rehtoricaldevices (1)

The document discusses various rhetorical devices that enhance speech and writing, such as parallelism, hypophora, repetition, antithesis, tricolon, polysyndeton, juxtaposition, and sentence length. It also highlights the importance of rhetorical and persuasive appeals, including ethos, logos, and pathos, in effectively communicating messages. These devices and appeals work together to create a powerful impact on the audience.

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Rhetorical Devices Used

by Speakers and Writers

Rhetorical devices are the nuts and bolts of


speech and writing; the parts that make a
communication work. Separately, each part of
is meaningless, but once put together they
create a powerful effect on the listener/reader.
Parallelis
m
• Writing structures that are
grammatically parallel helps
the reader understand the
points better because they
flow more smoothly.
If there is anyone out there
who still doubts…who still
wonders…who still questions
• A common Hypopho
technique is to
start a speech
with a
ra
hypophora, in
which the
speaker first
asks a
question and
then answers
Repetiti • Yes, we can, to

on
• In both speech
and literature,
opportunity and
prosperity. Yes,
we can heal this
repeating small nation. Yes, we
phrases can can repair this
ingrain an idea in world. Yes, we
the minds of the can.
audience.
Antithesi
s
• A figure of speech
in which sharply
"It was the best of times, it was the
worst of times, it was the age of
wisdom, it was the age of
foolishness, it was the epoch of
contrasting ideas belief, it was the epoch of
are juxtaposed in a incredulity, it was the season of
Light, it was the season of
balanced or parallel Darkness, it was the spring of hope,
phrase or it was the winter of despair, we had
everything before us, we had
grammatical nothing before us, we were all
going direct to Heaven, we were all
structure. going direct the other way."
Tricolo
n
• A tricolon is a list
of three, or a
sentence in which
there are three
parts or clauses.
The cumulative
effect of three
has a powerful
effect on an
audience.
• Using several
conjunctions in Polysyndet
close
succession, on
especially where
some might be
omitted—used
to stress the
importance of
each item.
Juxtaposition- the
act of positioning
close
• Obama together
talks about the “not-so-young people
who braved the bitter cold and scorching
heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers”
• The juxtaposition of “bitter cold” and
“scorching heat” stresses the extreme
conditions in which people campaigned for
Obama, convincing the audience of their
dedication
Sentence
Length
A good way to strengthen any
writing style.
“To the best campaign team ever assembles in
the history of politics: you made this happen,
and I am forever grateful for what you’ve
sacrificed to get it done. But above all, I will
never forget who this victory truly belongs
to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.”
Rhetorical & Persuasive
Appeals
• Ethos—appeal to ethics
--“I promise you, we as a people will get
there.”
--“But I will always be honest with you about
the challenges we face. I will listen to you,
especially when we disagree. And, above
all, I will ask you to join in the work of
remaking this nation . . .”
Rhetorical & Persuasive
Appeals
• Logos—rational appeal; asks the
readers to use their intellects and
powers of reasoning.

--Do you find killing drug addicts reasonable


just to lessen the drug addition problem?
Rhetorical & Persuasive
Appeals
Pathos—an emotional appeal; asks readers to
respond out of their beliefs, values, or feelings.
--“Tonight we proved one more that the true strength of our
nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale
of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals:
democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.”
--“So tonight, let us ask ourselves—if our children should live
to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky
to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what changes will
they see? What progress will we have made?”

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