Download Rhetoric Analogies

Rhetorical Analogies
• Defined as the likening of two or more things
to make one appear better or worse than the
other, rhetorical analogies are analogies used
to express or influence attitudes or affect
behavior by invoking images with an
emotional association. They can also be used
as comparisons.
Examples
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You throw like a girl!
Beer as cold as your ex’s heart.
The new Volkswagon Jetta
Now with 25% more
Saddam Hussein kills people like Adolf Hitler.
Obama promotes freedom for all like Abraham
Lincoln.
Rhetorical Definitions & Explanations
• Definitions and explanations are used to
express or influence attitudes or affect
behavior by invoking images to emotional
association
Examples
• Abortion is the murder of an unborn child.
• I am trying to think of more examples before it
gets to late at night, but my brain must be
fried because I can’t think of anything.
Differences with other rhetoric
I can see how these rhetoric devices can be
associated with others, but I believe the
difference is how others use words associated
with good or bad, these devices tend to give
us visual impressions based off our beliefs.
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• About time…..