Adding Rhetorical Devices
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Next, it’s time to experiment with rhetorical devices to see how they change and strengthen your writing. A rhetorical device is just a strategy that a writer uses to make his or her writing stronger. Read through the definitions of three different rhetorical devices below and decide on one to try in your research paper. Add in your chosen rhetorical device and then highlight it in blue for your final draft so it’s clear that you’ve experimented with rhetoric. Understatement: When an author makes a situation seem less serious than it really is. Usually you use this technique to emphasize just how important or ridiculous the topic is. Here are a couple of examples:
Rhetorical Question: When a writer asks a question in an essay that they don’t intend for the reader to answer but they ask it anyway in order to make a point. Here are a couple of examples:
Hypophora: This is a special kind of rhetorical question where the author asks a question and then immediately answers it for the reader. Here are a few examples:
Note: Examples above are from About.com's grammar website. The full websites are linked below if you'd like to see more examples. |