Persuasive Rhetoric

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Persuasive Rhetoric Techniques • Rhetorical questions: Think of these as questions that do not require answers. Writers use this technique to show that their arguments make the answers obvious. • Repetition: Repeating the point tells the audience that it is especially important; repeating a form of expression tells the audience that the ideas express in the same way are related. – Parallelism is a form of repetition. There are parallel clauses at the beginning of sentences. – For example: “We have warned them…We have reminded them of the circumstances…We have appealed to them…We have conjured them.” Patrick Henry’s Speech in the Virginia Convention
Persuasive Rhetoric Techniques • Allusion: an indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work with which the author believes the reader will be familiar. • Example 1: "Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities". Did you spot the allusion to Scrooge? That name should bring to mind an image of someone who 'pinches pennies' and hoards money with a passion. But the allusion only works if the reader is familiar with Charles Dickens' story 'A Christmas Carol'.
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