Tropes - Preliminary Layouts
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Tropeskristen ashton
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ethos: ethical/ credibility/ using a celebrity or someone who knows what they're speaking about to create appeal
pathos: emotional appeal- sympathy/anger/happiness meaningful language/imagery is used to evoke emotion
logos: (logic) using theoretical language, statistics, and facts
rhetoric: effective speech/ science of language-- i see this as eloquence
antithesis: sharp contrast/ opposition between two things to emphasize meaning/message
hyperbole: exaggeration not meant to be taken literally but used to get a message across
irony: expressing meaning by using language that typically signifies the opposite, usually humorous, deliberately contrary to the expected and funny as a result
metaphor: analogy/comparison/ using an example to explain something/ word or phrase is applied to something in which is not literally applicable// comparing something without using like or as
metonymy: a substitution of the name of an attribute/ ride- car kicks- shoes replaced with the function/action of the thing
parody: satire/mockery/ funny imitation
personification: a person representing or embodying a quality, concept or thing
pun: words that sound alike with different meanings
synecdoche: figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole of vice versa wheels- car threads- clothes
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