Tropes

kristen 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