https://padlet.com/ms_espino2017/itnp40j29d6f Understanding the power of words. en-us 2018-01-30 18:24:49 UTC 2025-11-19 00:23:02 UTC hello@padlet.com ms_espino2017 https://padlet.com/ms_espino2017/itnp40j29d6f/wish/226251381 What is rhetoric?
Rhetoric is the art of effectively persuading an audience through different means in spoken and written language.]]> 2018-01-30 18:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_espino2017/itnp40j29d6f/wish/226251381 ms_espino2017 https://padlet.com/ms_espino2017/itnp40j29d6f/wish/226260173 Rhetoric is applied to many forms of communication. 
i.e. media, song, speech, persuasive  essay, etc. which appeal to one or all three modes of persuasion:

• ethos (character of the speaker, i.e. a doctor gives you a diagnosis of your health while he uses slang in his speech)
• pathos (emotional influence)
• logos (logical reasoning, i.e. evidence, testimonies, data, statistics)

]]> 2018-01-30 18:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_espino2017/itnp40j29d6f/wish/226260173 ms_espino2017 https://padlet.com/ms_espino2017/itnp40j29d6f/wish/226265415 To be persuasive we need to employ Rhetorical Devices.]]> 2018-01-30 18:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_espino2017/itnp40j29d6f/wish/226265415 ms_espino2017 https://padlet.com/ms_espino2017/itnp40j29d6f/wish/226269025 The numerous tools in language that we can use to persuade others.
i.e.

• diction & tone (charged language)
• figurative language (saying one thing, but meaning another)
• rhetorical questions (questions asked to provoke reaction or make a point about something)
• anaphora (the repetition of a word or group of words at the beginning of a sentence)
• alliteration (the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word)
• parallelism (the repetitive structure in a sentence that creates rhythm)

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