Rhetorical device: Difference between revisions
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** "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion." | ** "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion." | ||
* generally, rhetoric is the study of techniques to inform, persuade, or motivate (an audience) | * generally, rhetoric is the study of techniques to inform, persuade, or motivate (an audience) | ||
* In the Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, | * In the Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, Stephen Ziliak defines rhetoric as: | ||
Rhetoric is employed in both act and perception, in private thought and public communication. It is a means of communication as well as a theory for understanding and criticizing itself and the alternative means of communication. (p. 237) | Rhetoric is employed in both act and perception, in private thought and public communication. It is a means of communication as well as a theory for understanding and criticizing itself and the alternative means of communication. (p. 237) | ||
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* persuasion requires | * persuasion requires | ||
** reciprocity | ** reciprocity | ||
*** as | *** as Stephen Ziliak notes, "rhetoric judges and is judged, it moves and is moved." | ||
** honesty | ** honesty | ||
*** which is why Aristotle was so concerned about "ethics" | *** which is why Aristotle was so concerned about "ethics" | ||
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** keeping to the persuasive context | ** keeping to the persuasive context | ||
== Rhetorical devices | == Rhetorical devices == | ||
* see above for Ethos, Logos and Pathos | * see above for Ethos, Logos and Pathos | ||
* additional sections will cover rhetorical devices of counter-argument and repetition | |||
* note | * note | ||
** some of these rhetorical devices may be used to create false or misleading arguments or logical fallacies, or to impugn (insult, insincerely attack) another person or position | ** some of these rhetorical devices may be used to create false or misleading arguments or logical fallacies, or to impugn (insult, insincerely attack) another person or position | ||
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=== consonance === | === consonance === | ||
=== devices of counterarguments | === irony === | ||
=== metanoia === | |||
* re-expressing a statement in a stronger or lesser way | |||
* ''Her idea changed our country; indeed, it changed the world!'' | |||
=== metonymy === | |||
* a reference to a person or thing though an office or attribute | |||
** ''the White House'' (the president) | |||
** ''my heart beats for you'' (love, care) | |||
** ''those suits care only about themselves'' (corporate leaders) | |||
=== onomatopoeia === | |||
* using words that sound like the mean | |||
=== paralipsis === | |||
* see apophasis | |||
=== personification === | |||
=== understatement === | |||
== Rhetorical devices of counterarguments == | |||
==== diasyrmus ==== | ==== diasyrmus ==== | ||
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==== procatalepsis ==== | ==== procatalepsis ==== | ||
* an argument that anticipates a possible objection | * an argument that anticipates a possible objection | ||
* then rebuts those objections | * then rebuts those objections | ||
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* ask a question, then proceed to answer it | * ask a question, then proceed to answer it | ||
== | == Rhetorical devices of repetition == | ||
==== anadiplosis ==== | ==== anadiplosis ==== | ||
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* see [[wikipedia:Apophasis|Apophasis - Wikipedia]] | * see [[wikipedia:Apophasis|Apophasis - Wikipedia]] | ||
== Figurative or literary devices == | |||
* generally used for literary purposes and effects, these devices may also aid in the persuasive use of rhetoric | |||
=== imagery === | |||
=== metaphor === | |||
=== simile === | |||
[[Category:Rhetoric]] | [[Category:Rhetoric]] | ||
[[Category:Language Arts]] | [[Category:Language Arts]] | ||