Rhetorical Devices The art of effective or persuasive

Rhetorical Devices The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. LG’s 4: Apply rhetorical devices artfully to your own writing. 3: Apply rhetorical devices to your own writing

Blum Should Wear: VSCO Girl/Drag

Persuasive Modes • Logos: Logic • Will look less intimidating, and therefore more people will participate. • Provide you with an opportunity to expand your sense of style. • Pathos: Emotion • It’ll make you feel like you do when you eat the best of all possible snacks, Sriracha and Cottage Cheese. • It’ll make you feel like an eagle looking in the mirror. • If you don’t, it’ll be a missed opportunity to make class a really happy, welcoming, comfortable place. • If you don’t, we’ll die. Think about the children, Blum. Think about the children…. • Ethos: Ethics, evidence the credibility of the source. • As a teenager, I know what style is, and you’ll be sooooooooo cyool. • I’ve done drag, too. It’s totally awesome.

Rhetorical Devices • Anaphora: Repetition of word, phrase. • Fully dressing in drag, will let you fully experience a fully new perspective. • Antithesis: opposite phrasing • You gave an easy assignment, but a difficult expectation. • The beautiful drag queen Blum will outshine the ugly school. • Don’t be a drag, be the drag • Euphemism: fancy or polite or understated way of saying something that is really meaner, nastier, more vulgar, blunter. • Normal work clothes are a bit shall we say “fashionably challenged. ”

Rhetorical Devices • Hyperbole: extreme exaggeration • If you don’t do it, we’ll all cry. We’ll be so devastated, we’ll just cry and weep, and moan and meeeeehhhhhh…. . • We’re dying to see you dressed in drag. • Irony: verbal saying one thing, meaning another; dramatic audience knows something the character doesn’t. ; situational unexpected things happen. • You’ll look silly, but we’ll be happy. • You might feel weird, but you might like it. • It’s ironic you thought you’d look terrible in make-up, but, hey, you look pretty awesome. • Metaphor:

Rhetorical Devices • Oxymoron: opposite words right next to each other • Tasteful gaudiness • Paradox: statement of contradiction, impossible situation • If you are worried about people judging you, ignorance is strength. • All people are equal, but Blum in drag would be the best

Rhetorical Devices • Parallelism: repetition of the same grammatical structure • Allusion: indirect or direct reference to historical event, literature, music, event, topical issue, person, etc…. • Dress up as a drag queen or I’ll “Sashay” away. • You could slay drag, just as Kaityln Jenner does everyday. • You’ll feel like a real Stonewaller.

Other Block. Persuasive Modes • Logos: Logic • The class will be staring, and therefore they’ll pay more attention • We all did the work, we worked hard, we deserve the reward. • Pathos: emotion (not the author’s emotion; refers to the audience’s emotion. • We would be sooooo happy, Blum. You want to see us happy, right? • We’d be so sad. Mwwaaahhhhh. . Pwetty, pwetty , pweeeeassseeee……. • You’ll get a raise or accolades of some sort. • If you want to look more credible in the eyes of your boss, why not students? • Ethos: Ethics Credibility • In my experience, wearing a VSCO outfit is super fun, so you should do it. • 21/21 students say you would look awesome, and we know good fashion. Look at our cool…sweatpants…

Rhetorical Devices • Anaphora: repetition of key words • O Mr. Blum, please wear this outfit. O Mr. Blum, we’d love it if you’d do so. O Mr. Blum hear our pleas. • Wearing this outfit will be funny. Wearing this outfit will make memories. Wearing it will be worth it. • Antithesis: Use of opposites • It’s a small gesture that goes a long way. • Do it not for yourself, but for all your adoring students. • A silly outfit can cause serious joy for the whole class. • Euphemism: Use a nicer phrasing to replace a blunt idea or word. • Don’t worry, you’re not so over the hill to pull off a VSCO girl!

Rhetorical Devices • Hyperbole: Extreme exaggeration • If you don’t wear this outfit, I will jump off a bridge. • I would be the prettiest girl in whole multi-verse. • If you don’t, we’ll die of sadness. • Metaphor: • Irony: Situational when the outcome doesn’t follow from the premise. Verbal irony sarcasm Dramatic When we know more than characters. • Even though you’d look really silly, you’ll look really cool to us.

Rhetorical Devices • Oxymoron: opposite words next to each to make a new phrase • Jumbo shrimp, honest politician, smart man, famous tik-toker. • It would create serious joy for all of us. • Paradox: impossible situation.

Rhetorical Devices • Parallelism: similar grammatical structure • Allusion: references to other literary works, celebrities, historical events, people, etc…