Rhetoric devices

Rhetoric devices

1. exaggeration/hyperbole

2. using language to persuade/manipulate

   • Abigail Williams
     • Exaggeration/hyperbole
     • rhetorical questions
     • emphatic language
   • John Proctor
     • emotive language
     • intimidation/threats/ questions
     • exaggeration

3. emotive language

4. facts/pretending to be factual

5. intimidation, questions/threats/reference to experience

6. rhetorical questions

7. emphatic language - declarative/forceful language

8. grandiose speech

9. faulty logic/ hasty generalisations

10. DANFORTH

    • emphatic language
    • grandiose speech
    • pretending to be factual