Rhetoric Review!

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”

TRUE OR FALSE: Direct evidence should be direct quotes from the piece you are writing about.

DEFINITON: repeating specific words or phrases at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases or clauses.

What does the "O" in SOAPS stand for?

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: I told you to clean up your room a million times!

TRUE OR FALSE: Your commentary should focus on summarizing the quote.

IDENTIFY: "I can out-learn you. I can out-read you. I can out-think you. And I can out-philosophize you"

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: The trees danced in the breeze.

DEFINITION: the repetition of similar sounds at the end of words

What does the second "S" in SOAPS stand for?

DEFINITION: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words 

What does the "P" in SOAPS stand for?

DEFINITION: When the same words are used twice in succession, but the second time, the order of the words is reversed.

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: That night the boat.

DEFINITION: words that imitate sounds; when sounds are written out

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"

How many pieces of evidence should be in EACH PARAGRAPH in a rhetorical analysis essay?

DEFINITION: The repetition of a consonant sound in the middle or the end of the words 

DEFINITION: The art of persuasion

DEFINITION: the repetition of a vowel sound in the middle of the words.

What does the first "S" in SOAPS stand for?

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: "We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us." 

TRUE OR FALSE: I will do great on this essay!!!!!!

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: He is a couch potato.

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: The cat sat on the mat. Unfortunately, it was so fat.

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: She sells seashells by the seashore.

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: Her hands are as cold as ice.

DEFINITION: Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses, or even ideas, with parallel structure.

What does the "A" in SOAPS stand for?

IDENTIFY: "We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in

IDENTIFY THE RHETORICAL DEVICE: "Hope for the best; prepare for the worst"

DEFINITION: A type of writing that does NOT use a word's strict, realistic or literal meaning.

TRUE OR FALSE: commentary should focus on analyzing the evidence for how it was effective for the rhetorical situation.