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Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices. By Isabel Lewis. Irony.

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Rhetorical Devices

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  1. Rhetorical Devices By Isabel Lewis

  2. Irony Definition: A mode of expression through words (verbal irony) or events (irony of situation) conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation. There is also dramatic irony where the audience has knowledge that gives additional meaning to a character's words. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=cartoon+about+irony&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rlz=1C1CHAB_enUS434US434&biw=1280&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=sA0mv1LsAhrHRM:&imgrefurl=http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/i/irony_of_life.asp&docid=tq7e1grGu3PYzM&w=400&h=382&ei=n7NmTu2BMcrqgQfwlcnCCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=756&vpy=175&dur=6296&hovh=219&hovw=230&tx=159&ty=177&page=2&tbnh=128&tbnw=134&start=27&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:27

  3. Irony Example: Verbal- “Why, no one would dare argue that there could be anything more important in choosing a college than its proximity to the beach." Situational- If while you are cheating off of someone’s paper, someone else is cheating off your paper without your knowing. Dramatic- Snow White and the poisoned apple. http://virtualsalt.com/litterms3.htm

  4. Irony Importance: Irony is the most common and most efficient technique of the satirist, because it is an instrument of truth, provides wit and humor, and is usually at least obliquely critical, in that it deflates, scorns, or attacks. To be an effective piece of sustained irony, there must be some sort of audience tip-off, through style, tone, use of clear exaggeration, or other device.

  5. Climax Definition: The technique when one arranges words, clauses, or sentences in the order of increasing importance, weight, or emphasis. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=climax+triangle&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1C1CHAB_enUS434US434&biw=1280&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=FasEgp9XDiGBXM:&imgrefurl=http://services.smarthinking.com/static/Document_Library/docs/writeman/1_11.cfm&docid=sBKAo4XBFuyinM&w=400&h=249&ei=8LJmToi4OoPTgQeV4o2vCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=694&vpy=137&dur=2413&hovh=177&hovw=285&tx=149&ty=106&page=1&tbnh=104&tbnw=167&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0

  6. Climax Example: I had a terrible day today. I stubbed my toe, my car broke down on the way to work and I had to walk the rest of the way in the rain and, I received a phone call that my grandmother had died today.

  7. Climax Importance and Application: In addition to arranging sentences or groups of short ideas in climactic order, you generally should also arrange the large sections of ideas in your papers, the points in your arguments, and the examples for your generalizations climactically; although in these cases, the first item should not be the very least important (because its weakness might alienate the reader). Always begin with a point or proof substantial enough to generate interest, and then continue with ideas of increasing importance. That way your argument gets stronger as it moves along, and every point hits harder than the previous one. http://virtualsalt.com/rhetoric6.htm#Climax

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