Rhetorical analysis

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• see also Social Studies skills

Rhetorical situation = what the author is trying to say to the reader components purpose argument audience context >> other?

See Rhetorical devices

Logos, Pathos & Ethos

logos: logic, facts, statistics logos = logic ("word" ... "names" = things are what they are)

pathos = emotion, pity

ethos > crediblity

Metaphor and analogy

• see Ogden Nash: Very Like a Whale for criticism of poetical metaphor