Monday, April 26 to Friday, April 30 Introduction Rhetorical Devices Unit
RH3: I can valuate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain Monday, April 26 Refresher on the rhetorical triangle. Three parts: the speaker/ writer the message the audience Everytime you (the speaker/ writer) wants to convey a message to someone (the audience /the person you are writing or speaking to) , you use a rhetorical argument to make your point, The basic three methods of making an argument are logos (logic), ethos (ethics, what is right or wrong) and pathos (emotion). Let's take a look more closely at the rhetorical devices of logos, ethos and pathos. A rhetorical device is a linguistic (verbal) tool that employs a particular type of sentence structure, sound, or pattern of meaning in order to evoke a particular reaction from an audience. Each rhe