Thursday, March 8, 2012
My Use of Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical devices is the use of psychological persuasion, as opposed to using reason, to persuade others. One is the most common form of device I use is sarcasm, which is the use of ridicule, insults, taunting, and/or caustic irony. The most recent occurrence of sarcasm I have used was when I walked into my dorm after a shower, my room looked at my hair and asked if I had taken a shower. I responded saying, "No, I just dumped my head in the toilet." She laughed right away, so I knew she understood it was sarcasm. Another device I used was hyperbole, which is used as an exaggeration. I used hyperbole when I made a comment about the weather at night. I had said, "It's so cold, I could freeze to death." Obviously, I was exaggerating as I was not going to die from walking in 45 degree weather for three minutes. I have used both of these rhetorical devices countless number of times, but almost always jokingly.
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These were also the same rhetorical devices I usually use. I find sarcasm to be humorous, it's not meant to be funny but I think that is why its funny. I couldn't help but to laugh when I read what you said to your roommate. I usually use hyperbole when I want to exaggerate how I feel. For an example, when I find something to be very funny I would say, "That was so funny I almost died of laughter." Of course, I can't die from laughing too hard..but it is just a figure of speech. We all probably use rhetorical devices on a daily basis so often that we don't even realize it.
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