Emotional Response

Definition

The emotional response refers to the feelings and reactions evoked in the audience when they engage with a piece of writing. It is important for writers to consider how their words and comparisons might elicit specific emotions in their readers.

Related terms

Tone:

Tone refers to the writer's attitude towards the subject matter, which greatly impacts the emotional response of the audience.

Figurative Language:

Figurative language techniques such as similes, metaphors, and personification can be used strategically to create specific emotional responses in readers.

Rhetorical Appeals:

Ethos (credibility), pathos (emotion), and logos (logic) are rhetorical appeals that writers use to persuade and influence their audience emotionally.