ethos - A rhetorical strategy where the author build his/her credibility in order to convince the audience, pathos - A rhetorical strategy where the author uses strong emotion to convince the audience , logos - A rhetorical strategy where the author uses fact, statistics and numbers to convince the audience, metaphor - Figurative language in which the author compares two unlike things are compared to each other, simile - Figurative language in which two unlike things are compared to each other using "like" or "as", personification - Figurative Language where the author gives non-human things human like characteristics, allusion - figurative language where the author references a different text within their own text, alliteration - Figurative language where the author repeats the same sound at the beginning of several words, hyperbole - Figurative language where the author overexaggerates. This statement should not be taken literally , Idiom - A common phrase of expression that has a figurative meaning. This phrase is not taken literally., ethos, pathos, logos, Standing next to his baby brother, Carlos is a giant. - metaphor, Her smile was like the sun. - simile, The tulips danced in the wind. - personification, In Thomas Jefferson's Letter to the Virginia Convention he makes a reference to the Bible when he says, "[...] and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts." - allusion, I stood still staring at the sparkling spring straight before me. - alliteration, I told you a million times to take out the trash - hyperbole, It's raining cats and dogs. - idiom, imagery - descriptive language that appeals to five senses , Oranges, pinks, and pale blues streaked across the sky as the rising sun peaked over the hilltops. - imagery,

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