Rhetoric, SOAPStone, & Literary Terms

SOAPStone

Emotional appeal: author tries to make the audience feel emotions in order to get the audience to agree with them

a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

studying and analyzing the strategies and techniques a speaker or author uses to persuade the audience

An appeal based on logic or reason: the author uses facts, statistics, data, & reasoning to persuade the audience

the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written

the group whom the speaker or author is speaking or writing to

the author's attitude of created by their word choice

a question asked for dramatic effect with no answer expected

Author's Credibility: experiences, credentials (education), celebrity endorsements, or testimonials

feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader (how the reader feels)

the reason behind the text; the goal the speaker wants to achieve (inform, persuade, or entertain)

the voice - the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being heard

word choice intended to convey a certain effect

a comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"

giving human characteristics or qualities to an animal, object, or idea

the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines

extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point or show emotion

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

the topic of a text or speech; what the text or speech is about

repetition of beginning consonant sounds

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste); visually descriptive or figurative language