Rhetorical Language Review Speech to the Virginia Convention Crisis No. 1 George Washington’s Speech to his Officers Declaration of Independence
Rhetorical Appeals Ethos: ethical appeal; establishment of credibility through expert, celebrity, or divine endorsement Logos: logical appeal; logical reasoning through the presentation of facts, statistics, examples, etc. Pathos: emotional appeal; imagery and emotionally charged words used to evoke an emotional reaction; could be positive or negative, ie., confidence or fear
Rhetorical Devices Allusion: reference to historical/literary event or person Analogy: comparison of two situations where the outcomes will be similar Aphorism: a short statement of universal truth Metaphor: comparison of two unlike things Parallelism: repetition of grammatical structures for effect and emphasis Rhetorical Question: a question asked for the purpose of making the audience stop and think and mentally participate in the argument
SOAPSTone for all four speeches Speaker: information of the speaker needed to better understand the speaker and the speech Occasion: the context, historical, social, and cultural information needed to better understand the what and why of the speech Audience: information of the audience needed to better understand who’s listening and how to best persuade them Purpose: the speaker’s objective Subject: the speaker’s message Tone: the emotional tone of the diction