Literary Devices in Rhetorical Analysis

Universal idea or lesson about life, understood by most cultures

Writer's attitude toward his or her subject

Words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

The spark or catalyst

Knowing the setting of a speech or when a piece was written gives the audience some

The speaker is trying to reach the

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

Anything that stands for or represents something else

An author's word choice

The person who is delivering a speech is known as the

The thing that the writer or speaker is trying to accomplish is the

Atmosphere or feeling the reader gets from the story

A description that appeals to one of the five senses

Where and when a story takes place

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics