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English Rhetorical Device Terminology
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- 1AntithesisJuxtaposition of opposites
- 2ApostropheWhen an orator adresses someone who is not actually present or dead
- 3AnaphoraRepetition of words/phrases at the beginning of sentences or clauses
- 4AnecdoteA short account or story- perhaps an interesting or amusing incident
- 5BathosSudden deflation for dramatic effect
- 6BiasA preference for a point of view, reflecting preconcieved ideas rather than fact
- 7ClicheA word or phrase that has lost its freshness through over use
- 8EnumeratioMaking a list of thingd to make a point for forcibly
- 9EpizeuxisImmediate repetition of a word
- 10EthosAppealing to ethical behaviour, to the audience's sense of decency
- 11EuphemismA form of understatement where pleasant terms are used to describe an unpleasant fact
- 12HyperboleOverstatement for obvious effect
- 13IncrementumArranging your words in order of increasing importance, so that your sentence of phrase reaches a climax/crescendo
- 14LitotesUnderstatement for ironic effect
- 15LogosUsed as a persuasive device - the appeal to reason
- 16MetonymyA symbol that comes to represent something
- 17OxymoronIdeas or words that normally convey opposite meanings that are linked together
- 18ParadoxAn apparent contradiction, hence all the more striking by its truth
- 19ParalellismUsing a series of phrases or sentences that have a similar word order or structure
- 20ParenthesisA phrase that is placed between brackets or dashes
- 21PathosWhen a speaker appeals to the emotions of the audience perhaps by introducing tragic sad or sentimental ideas
- 22PunA play on words
- 23Rhetorical QuestionA question asked only for effect
- 24SynecdoteWhen part of something is used to refer to the whole thing
- 25SynonymiaRepetition of the same idea or concept but in different words
- 26TraductioRepetition of the same word throughout the sentence or paragraph
- 27TriplingLists of three, triadic structure.
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- AS/ A Level English Flashcards on English Rhetorical Device Terminology, created by Fionnghuala Malone on 22/04/2014.
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