Posted: April 14th, 2016

Develop a working thesis that puts forth your position about which speaker’s use of rhetorical???

Pathos-appeal to emotion

Ethos-appeal to authority

Diction-word choice

Imagery- descriptive details that appeal to the five senses

Metaphor/analogy-comparison of unlike things

Repetition/parallelism—using the same words or sentence structure more than once

Tone—the attitude the speaker has towards his/her subject

Syntax—the arrangement of sentences.

Speaker/Narrator/Perspective—who tells the story or relates the essay

Inductive Reasoning—use of specific instances to arrive at a general conclusion

Deductive Reasoning—use of a general claim to arrive at a specific conclusion

Fallacies (generally not good)—use of false reasoning

Dialectic/Rogerian Strategy-acknowledging and making concessions to the other view to appear

reasonable

3) Develop a working thesis that puts forth your position about which speaker’s use of rhetorical

appeals and other techniques is more effective and why.

4) Determine 3-5 main supporting points or reasons to back up your thesis.

Possible Rhetorical Strategies/Elements of Writing (there are more…)

Attachments

Ted Cruz Presidential Announcement Speech.pdf
Bernie Sanders Presidential Announcement Speech.pdf
Rhetorical Appeals.pptx