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Rhetorical Strategies Flashcards
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- 1Author uses a quote from an expert or celebrityAuthorities/Big Names
- 2"According to Oprah Winfrey..."Authorities/Big Names
- 3"In a recent study by Dr. Kloss, an expert in his field..."Authorities/Big Names
- 4Analyzes why something happens and describes consequences of the string of eventsCause & Effect Analysis
- 5"Because Disney movies associate feminine speech with mitigated directives, girls believe they're supposed to be soft, gentle, and powerless"Cause & Effect Analysis
- 6Increased meat consumption in the United States is the leading cause of global warming.Cause & Effect Analysis
- 7Hidden assumptions, beliefs and ideologies, often unconscious, that groups of people hold in commonCommonplace
- 8Discusses similarities and differencesCompare & Contrast
- 9Immigrants are drawn to America because it's the greatest nation in the world.Commonplace
Assumption: a shared definition of what it means for a nation to be the "greatest"
Assumption: all immigrants? - 10"While cats and dogs may not seem very similar, there is actually quite a bit of overlap in their care regimen"Compare & Contrast
- 11"Though one is a weapon and one a mode of transportation, we would benefit from guns being regulated in a manner similar to cars"Compare & Contrast
- 12How an author defines a certain word with a particular audience in mind.Definition
- 13In recent years, graphic novels have entered the realm of serious literature.Definition
- 14Though frowned upon by college administrations, plagiarism can actually be a lawful act of civil disobedienceDefinition
- 15Details sensory perception of a person, place, or thingDescription
- 16"Many parents have stories of a girl who insisted on rocking a toy train to sleep, or a boy who pushed a doll along the floor"Description
- 17"Pouring over those yellowing pages of archival newsprint..."Description
- 18Provides examples or cases in pointExemplification
- 19"[This applicant] was the leader /president/editor/captain/lead actress in every activity in her school..."Exemplification
Claim: even exceptional female students are having difficulty with admission to college - 20"And so, at age 53... Mr. Kearney took an unexpected detour from the delivery route... to the classroom"Exemplification
Claim: More and more baby boomers are returning to community college - 21Divides a whole into parts or sorts related items into categoriesDivision & Classification
- 22While we can't determine the best movie of all time ever, it's arguable that Heathers is the greatest of the classic 80s filmsDivision & Classification
- 23An author's attempt to build a personal connection with their audienceIdentification
- 24"As a parent of young boys myself, I understand the challenges of raising emotionally open sons"Identification
- 25"As a fellow cat lover, I'm sure I don't have to explain to you how cats are superior to dogs"Identification
- 26Language about languageMetadiscourse
- 27"In this article, I'm going to show you how my argument is relevant to every day life"Metadiscourse
- 28Comparing two parallel terms or situations in which the traits of one are argued to be the traits of the other.Analogy
- 29Assigning the characteristics of one thing to another thingMetaphor/Simile
- 30Life is like a race, the strongest competitor will always winAnalogy
- 31The ship was a beacon of hopeMetaphor/Simile
- 32A sword is to a warrior as the pen is to a writerAnalogy
- 33Disney movies are widely circulated cultural artifactsDefinition
- 34She's as innocent as an angelSimile
- 35Undercover police are wolves in sheep's clothingMetaphor
- 36Recounts an eventNarration
- 37"A few days ago I watched my daughter Madalyn open a thin envelope from one of the five colleges to which she had applied..."Narration
- 38"For 16 years, Russell Kearney awoke at 1:30am to hoist boxed of Wonderbread and Hostess cakes onto a truck and deliver them along a 120-mile route through eastern North Carolina"Narration
- 39Anticipating the opposition's best argument and addressing it in advanceProlepsis/Rebuttals
- 40"Parents don't need to eradicate all stereotypical gender play, but..."Prolepsis/Rebuttals
- 41Of course, representation of various races, ethnicities and genders has improved over the last several decades. However, "better" is not good enough.Prolepsis/Rebuttal
- 42A question designed to have one correct answerRhetorical question
- 43You wouldn't want your daughters to internalize the message that they're supposed to be passive, powerless, and dependent, would you?Rhetorical Question
- 44If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?Rhetorical Question
- 45It may be legal, but is it right?Transitional Question
- 46A question that leads the reader to a new area or idea of the argumentTransitional Question
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- A set of flashcards that give both examples and definitions to help students memorize common rhetorical strategies
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