Rhetorical analysis

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

See Rhetorical devices


Logos, Pathos & Ethos[edit | edit source]

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

pathos = emotion, pity

ethos > crediblity

Figurative v. literal[edit | edit source]

  • definitions:
    • analogy
    • figurative
    • literal
    • metaphor
  • dual use of figurative & literal language
    • Virginia Woolfe example from "Three Guineas," 1938:
Close at hand is a bridge over the River Thames, an admirable vantage ground for us to make a survey. The river flows beneath; barges pass, laden with timber, bursting with corn; there on one side are the domes and spires of the city; on the other, Westminster and the Houses of Parliament. It is a place to stand on by the hour, dreaming. But not now. Now we are pressed for time. Now we are here to consider facts; now we must fix our eyes upon the procession—the procession of the sons of educated men