Annotating Style Models

Rhetoric: the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

Rhetoric Devices:A rhetorical device is a use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience.

Copy and complete the table:

a) Think about the benefits of jobs and local economy and investment and morale.

b) The houses will provide jobs for builders, engineers and salespeople.

c) It is basically a decision to be made between progression and stagnation.

d) There are millions of similar schemes that have been successful.

e) The issue is not without its minor problems.

f) We need.... We need....We need

g) The opportunity isn't a cash cow for the local economy. 

h) The development area.

Feature	Definition	Example
Abstract nouns	A thing which cannot be touched or seen	G - opportunity
Anaphora	Successive clauses beginning with the same word or set of words	F - We need..
Antithesis	Contrasts drawn between two opposing concepts or ideas	C - progression and stagnation
Euphemism	Something unpleasant or vulgar that might be described in less unpleasant terms	H- development area
Hyperbole	Exaggeration for effect	D- millions of
Litotes	Form of understatement by negating the negative rather than making a positive statement	E- not without minor problems
Metaphor	Describing something (or someone) in terms of something (or someone) else	G- cash cow
Polysyndeton	Adding conjunctions to a sentence where it might reasonable have been expected that they would have been missed out	A- ... and ...and ...and
Triadic structure	List of three	B- builders, engineers and salespeople

Effect on the reader: 

Anaphora : adds emphasis, emotive 'need'. 

Antithesis: want to show the opposite, comparing their original idea to the horrible opposite. 

Euphemism: to make the 'rude' word more respectable, more positive. 

Hyperbole: to exaggerate your point, more suggestive of positive upcomings.

Litotes: playing down a negative system.

Polysyndeton: adds emphasis on each factor by using and

Triadic Structure: adds emphasis 

Phonological Devices:

"These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining."

alliteration: brightest beacon 
onomatopoeia: shatter
rhyme: beacon for freedom
sibalance: shatter steel

metaphor: cannot dent the steel of american resolve (antithesis)