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Rhetoric Strategies
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- 1allegoryusing a reference to an outside source in order to make a point/represent an abstract idea
- 2ambiguityuse of multiple meanings in a word
- 3anaphorasame words are repeated at the beginning of a clause (ex. "it was the best of times; it was the worst of times")
- 4allusiondirect reference to something that everyone knows about
- 5anecdoteshort story within the novel
- 6antecedentword referred to by a pronoun
- 7antithesistwo opposing ideas are juxtaposed next to each other
- 8apostrophefigure of speech that addresses abstract person or idea (ex. talking to god/asking an inanimate object to do something)
- 9dicaopethe repetition of a phrase after an interjection (ex. "we thank thee, oh God, we thank thee")
- 10didactica work that aims to teach its audience
- 11homilysermon writing
- 12hypophoraasking audience a question and then answering it in great length
- 13invectiveemotionally violent/destructive/abusive language
- 14litotesusing negative terms to describe a positive (ex. "he's no fool" implies that he is wise"
- 15pendanticadjective that describes overly scholarly words
- 16polysendentonuse of conjunctions instead of commas (ex. "i laughed and ate and jumped and smiled")
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- Just basic definitions of certain rhetoric strategies.
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