Category: Education
Created by: Carissa
Number of Blossarys: 6
Metaphors aren't just created for poems. They are also used as persuasive technique to get people to listen. For example in Patrick Henry's speech, "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, ...
Parallelism is when a pattern is repeated over and over again to add emphasis to a particular idea.
Pathos is when someone appeals to someone's emotions. Throughout the speeches seen in the American revolution, pathos pays a key role.
When reading American Revolution rhetoric, it is important to consider the purpose. While in most cases it is merely, "to encourage people to revolt" quite often discovering the specific purpose will ...
Restatement is the technique of emphasizing by paraphrasing an idea earlier expressed. This makes it clear that the idea is important.
Syntax is the sentence structure. Rhetoric like parallelism which is created by the word order, punctuation, etc rather than the words themselves.