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Rhetoric Strats and Their Functions
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English
11th Grade
02/25/2013

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analogy
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to make a pointed comparison often a very powerful comparison
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metaphor
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to make a pointed comparison often a very powerful comparison not using like or as
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simile
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to make a pointed comparison often a very powerful comparison using like or as
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hyperbole
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to provoke a response to cast something in strong light
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understatement
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to provoke a response to cast something in strong light
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juxtapostion
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to call attention to extremes
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imagery
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to illustrate an idea, a feelign or the particular qualities of something; to produce a feeling or an idea
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alliteration
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to create a memorable phrase
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allusion
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to lend authority to an idea, to make an association with something the reader knows to create a memorable phrase
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refrain
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to creat a memorable powerful effect to reinforce an idea
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anaphora
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to creat a memorable powerful effect to reinforce an idea
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repitition
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to creat a memorable powerful effect to reinforce an idea
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parallelism
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to creat a memorable powerful effect to reinforce an idea
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tone
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to communicate an attitude towards the subject
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undertone
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to communicate an attitude towards the subject that cuts beyond the attitude that appears on the surface
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words w/heavy connotations
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to cast the subject in a particular light, to imply
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selection of detail
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to concretize a particular idea, fact, or feeling
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lists
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to create a sense of overwhelming force or magnitude
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irony
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to convey complexity
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paradox
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to point out an apparent contradiction
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anecdote
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to provide a concrete example or humanize an abstract concept
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humor
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to disarm the audience, diffuse hostility, warm the reader to the writer's ideas
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sature
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to ridicule and inspire reform
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sarcasm, verbal irony
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to ridicule and inspire reform
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invective
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to ridicule, chastise or convey contempt
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narrative pace
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to onvey energy or intense feelings
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appeals to reason, emotion, patriotism, religion, ethics
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to provoke the audience to respond in a particular way, to tap into a reader's values
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rhetorical question
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to provoke the reader to respond or to think
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short, staccato sentences
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to call attention to an idea
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paraleipsis
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to draw attention to something while pretending not to do so
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