Aphoristic style and rhetorical devices
Aphoristic style- the use of sentances or phrases within a larger essay or speech (usually persuasive) that stand out as memorable statements (aphorisms) in themselves.
What we obtain cheap, we esteem too lightly
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered
These are times that try men's souls
The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
Through the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
It matters not where you love, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.
Rhetorical devices:
Special patterns of words and ideas that create emphasis and stir the audiences emotions, usually found in persuasive discourse
Parallelism - the repetition of phrases or sentances that are similar in structure or meaning for rhetorical effect
Examples: - "we have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplication..."
-the beatitudes
-Martin Luther king
Rhetorical question: asking a question with an obvious answer
Example: "shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?"
Restatement: expressing the same idea in different words
Examples: "if we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending..."
Repetition: restating an idea using the same words
Examples: "the war is inevitable- and let it come! I repeat sir, let it come!"
Aphoristic style- the use of sentances or phrases within a larger essay or speech (usually persuasive) that stand out as memorable statements (aphorisms) in themselves.
What we obtain cheap, we esteem too lightly
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered
These are times that try men's souls
The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
Through the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
It matters not where you love, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.
What we obtain cheap, we esteem too lightly
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered
These are times that try men's souls
The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
Through the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
It matters not where you love, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.
Rhetorical devices:
Special patterns of words and ideas that create emphasis and stir the audiences emotions, usually found in persuasive discourse
Parallelism - the repetition of phrases or sentances that are similar in structure or meaning for rhetorical effect
Examples: - "we have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplication..."
-the beatitudes
-Martin Luther king
Rhetorical question: asking a question with an obvious answer
Example: "shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?"
Restatement: expressing the same idea in different words
Examples: "if we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending..."
Repetition: restating an idea using the same words
Examples: "the war is inevitable- and let it come! I repeat sir, let it come!"
Aphoristic style- the use of sentances or phrases within a larger essay or speech (usually persuasive) that stand out as memorable statements (aphorisms) in themselves.
What we obtain cheap, we esteem too lightly
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered
These are times that try men's souls
The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
Through the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
It matters not where you love, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.