Aristotle's Rhetorical Devices Essay

Brutus and Antony give their funeral speeches in Julius Caesar it is a critical moment for each. Both need to sway the crowd to agree with their perspective. While Brutus addresses the crowd with logic and reason, Antony uses emotion. The use of rhetorical questions, parallel structure, and repetition by Brutus and Antony throughout their speeches changes the views of the crowd and what they should believe. While…

punishment against Israel motivated Amos to speak. Smith and Page stated, “As the lion’s roar was to frighten and unsettle the prey, so was the Lord’s speaking to frighten and unsettle Israel.” Hence, Yahweh’s lion analogy is the focus of the rhetorical questions and should be interpreted in light of Amos 1:2 and…

Samuel Johnson uses many rhetorical strategies and stylistic devices in his essay “Rambler”. Rhetorical strategies and stylistic devices can be used in many different ways to argue a point, persuade, and make something memorable. The devices and strategies that Johnson uses include appeal to logos, and high diction. The first rhetorical strategy that Johnson uses is an appeal to logos. An appeal to logos is when an author appeals to the reader’s sense of logic to make the reader see their point…

Most people have heard the age old paradox of the chicken and the egg. Which came first? Every time you attempt to answer the question the opposite answer suddenly appears to be true. If you decide it is the egg then the obvious question follows, where did the egg come from? If you decide it is the chicken then you are forced to ignore that chickens hatch from eggs. In an article written for Spirit Magazine, Francine Prose points out that there is a logical and scientific answer to this paradox.…

Through The Box Man, Ascher portrays her main point that all must be content with the inevitability of isolation. The thesis of The Box Man is revealed by the juxtaposition a man’s simple life in chosen solitude with the lives of two women attempting to avoid a solitary life. In the final paragraphs of Ascher’s essay, she reveals her main point that “this [life] is a solo voyage” (paragraph 19). She continues to explain that the only hope that can be pursued in life is being content with…

of the Roman plebeians to believe that he had good and noble reasons to assassinated Caesar by using persuasive appeals such as the Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. Brutus precisely crafted his speech using a plethora amount of literary devices such as parallelism and rhetorical questions in order to reinforce his credibility in front…

beyond doing what you love, which is pursuing a profession that supports family, society, and feeds responsibilities over doing what you love to do. He provides his argument using real and personal experiences, with the help of anecdote, hypophora, rhetorical question, and procatalepsis. Gordon Marino expresses the importance of pursuing a career that meets ethical requirements in today’s…

Mei Vandervelde, the author, develops the thematic conflict by using rhetorical devices to emphasize certain points, project the feelings of the character and to keep the reader moving through the piece in a way that they end up focusing on key, intentional points. The authors goal in this piece is to build to a specific climax. In the beginning there is a small climax, a foreshadowing of what is to come and to show the conflict between the character and the river. Vandervelde uses polysyndeton…

We Can’t All Be Math Nerds and Science Geeks, Fareed Zakaria uses statistics, rhetorical questions, and hyperboles to convey how society is obsessed with STEM; he argues about how intricate it’ll be for America to be creative. Zakaria’s position is strong, and the strength of his argument is persuasive because of the rhetorical devices he applies to express his opinion about STEM. Zakaria uses one or more rhetorical modes to address the situation with the superfluous of STEM and America’s…

In writing poetry Billy Collins uses simple language to connect with the reader and convey a deeper meaning. This is done by his use of rhetorical question, relatable situations, and simple language. Billy Collins uses rhetorical question to connect with the reader and provoke deeper thought. In the poem Questions About Angels Billy Collins utilizes rhetorical question repetitively as seen here, “What goes on inside their luminous heads? Is there a wall/ these tall presences can look over and…