October 18, 2016 - Skylar Winberry

Today in class we took an in class summative. This  summative consisted of three parts. The fiirst being a fill-in-the-blank kind of answer where you had to chose a slide from a given slideshow and answer the questions, What does this text do? How does this text do it? This section was very straightforward and simple. The next section directed us to Select ANY TWO rhetorical devices. Write a STRONG, succinct paragraph that individually analyzes how those devices develop pathos, logos, or ethos. Make sure that your evidence is introduced, cited, and analyzed. I used Rhetorical question and asyndenton in my paragraph. I first explained how rhetorical questions were used in a speech about homework. Also stating that a rhetorical question is a question with out an answer or an obvious answers. I used the device asyndenton as well. I found this in a speech where viking is speaking to his fellow vikings trying to convince them to fight alongside him. he used asyndenton by repeating the words "you are" at the begging of multiple sentences. The third and final section prompted us to Rewrite the text ANY PURPLE SLIDE so it uses a different rhetorical appeal than it already uses. Use and identify (via comment or parentheses) at least two rhetorical devices. I find it easier to write from logos to pathos, so i chose a slide about whether is is ethical or not to kill live lobsters. It was very scientific to begin with s0 I made it less about the science.

This image has a list of many commonly used rhetorical devices that can be useful to know.