INI103H1 Lecture : Rhetorical Devices and Writing Notes
12 Dec 2013
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Considering what was written reconsidering re-evaluating re-visit improving the text requires strategy rhetorical devices are strategic. Shaped by/can be analyzed by looking at: figures of speech. Diction the writer"s choice of words: academic diction formal. Correctness, clearness, effectiveness ie. children instead of kids". Tone: created in written language through diction and sentence structure the writer"s attitude towards the subject. Sentence structure: how we present our sentences. types: loose (or cumulative ) sentence. Present dependent or subordinate ideas ie. because they have to know what they want to say correctly, quickly, and efficiently, good grammar is essential for all writers. When similar words or ideas are phrased in a similar structure to emphasize the connection between them ie. reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Schemes: a type of rhetorical device, concerned with: the structure of words the construction of balance in writing types of schemes:
