Concept · 4 steps · NESA EN4-ECA-01

Rhetorical & Persuasive Devices

If ethos, pathos & logos are the three appeals, devices are the actual tools that carry them — anaphora, tricolon, rhetorical questions, antithesis and the rest. Four short steps, each with its own toy to play with.

1 Where it comes fromBorn for the ear and the memory — repetition and rhythm made speeches stick before anyone could write them down. 2 How to do itName the device — anaphora, tricolon, rhetorical question, antithesis — with a spotter to lock it in. 3 Where it gets trickyOveruse numbs, a device isn't an appeal, and naming a device isn't the same as analysing its effect. 4 Out in the wildDevices in real speeches — then build your own polished lines and collect them.

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