Unit 3 Part 2 Test Review
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What is a persuasive essay? An essay that tries to make the reader act or think a certain way.
Give an example of an appeal to reason/logic: The only logical solution is…
24% of participants…
The final outcome cannot be argued.
Give an example of an appeal to emotion:
…the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation.
How do you analyze persuasive appeals?
Reread to test the author’s logic
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What does a persuasive speech try to do?
To act or think in a certain way
What are rhetorical devices?
Patterns of words used to stir emotions in the audience
Give an example of parallelism:
Stripped of the lure of profit…, they have resorted to…, pleading tearfully…,
Give an example of restatement:
…have to fear is fear itself- nameless, unjustified terror
Give an example of repetition: helps reinforce concepts and unify the speech
I have a dream…I have a dream…
Give an example of analogy: a comparison between two unlike things
…we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check (the check represents freedom)
What persuasive techniques?
Devices to influence the audience
How can I analyze persuasive techniques? Read aloud to hear the effect.
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What is a fact? Give an example. It can be proved. It is 32 degrees outside.
What is an opinion? Give an example. It is what someone thinks. It is cold outside.
What are overgeneralizations? What are some examples? Absolute words that make opinions sound like facts.
Always, everybody, never
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What is the purpose of a humorous essay? To entertain through laughter
What is a hyperbole? Exaggeration
Give an example: My gangly arms nearly touched my kneecaps.
What is an understatement? Opposite of hyperbole.
What are some examples of comic diction?
slang, funny names, puns