1. By Nicholas Wysocki and Michael Hadvina
Terms Presentation
By Nicholas Wysocki and Michael Hadvina

2. Juxtaposition
When two contrasting things, ideas, words, or sentence elements are placed next to each other for comparison.

3. Juxtaposition Example
In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet the juxtaposition of light and darkness is repeatedly used.
“O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night”

4. Logos
Logos refers to the use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument in rhetorical writing, authors often try to persuade readers by appealing to their sense of logic or reason.

5. Logos Example
In MLK’s “I Have A Dream” speech logos is used through his bad check analogy where a metaphoric check has come back marked “insufficient funds”.

6. Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly usually for emphasis or dramatic effect.

7. Metaphor Example
Metaphor in Avengers “An ant has no quarrel with a boot.”

8. Metonymy
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it.

9. Metonymy Example An example of metonymy is in Single Ladies by beyonce
“If you like it then you should've put a ring on it.”

10. Quiz
1) Two contrasting ideas that are placed next to each other for comparison is a ________.
2) A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared is a_________.
3) The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument is known as_________.
4) _______ is a figure of speech where something is referred to by using the name of something associated with it
A: Logos
B: metonymy
C: Juxtaposition
D: Metaphor

11. Works Cited “Antionette Latrese, The Source, January 20, 2014”
“Ethan Kuperberg, The New Yorker, September 30, 2014”
“Jimbo, Jimbo.info, Put a Ring on it, October 20, 2008”
“Peter Vidani, Tumblr, November 2012”
“TV Tropes, October 10, 2000”