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Rhetoric Terminology
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- 1LogosThe appeal to logic- used to convince an audience by use of logic or reason
ex. Facts, statistics - 2EthosThe ethical appeal- used to convince an audience of an author's credibility
ex. Credentials, degrees - 3PathosThe emotional appeal- used to persuade an audience by appealing to emotion
ex. Pity, sympathy - 4AsyndetonThe omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence
ex. Veni, vidi, vici - 5PolysyndetonThe use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some could otherwise be omitted
ex. On and on and on and on - 6DictionElement of voice: word choice
- 7DetailsElement of voice: specific instances that yield important information or strengthen voice
- 8ImageryElement of voice: Detailed description that appeals to the five senses
- 9SyntaxElement of voice: sentence layout- length, structure, punctuation, etc.
- 10ToneElement of voice: the attitude of the writer towards the subject or audience
- 11AssonanceA type of alliteration: the repetition of a vowel sound
- 12OnomatopoeiaThe naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
ex. Buzz, sizzle - 13ApostropheA figure of speech used by the speaker to detach his or herself from reality and address an imaginary character
ex. Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star: the speaker addresses the star - 14AnalogyA comparison between two things for the purpose of an explanation or clarification
- 15AlliterationThe repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a chain of words
ex. Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers = the "puh" sound represented by the letter P is repeted - 16AnaphoraA word or group of words is repeated at the beginning of two or more successive clauses or sentences
ex. "With malice towards none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right..."
- Abraham Lincoln - 17AntithesisThe use of contrasting concepts, words, or sentences within parallel grammatical structures
ex. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
- Muhammad Ali - 18HyperboleThe use of obvious and deliberate exaggeration
ex. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" - 19OxymoronA figure of speech in which two seemingly opposing and contradicting elements are juxtaposed
ex. Jumbo shrimp - 20ParadoxThe juxtaposition of a set of seemingly contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden and/or unexpected truth
ex. "It's weird not to be weird."
- John Lennon - 21ParallelismThe usage of repeating words and forms to give pattern and rhythm to a passage
ex. If you can't beat them, join them. - 22Rhetorical QuestionA question that is not asked to get an answer, but instead to emphasize a point
- 23AllegoryA work in which the characters, images, and/or events act as symbols
ex. Animal Farm - 24AllusionA reference to a widely known outside entity
- 25AmbiguityOccurs when something is more open to interpretation
- 26AnecdoteA very short story that is usually interesting and amusing and concerns real people and events; anecdotes, although humorous, often impart a deeper truth
- 27DidacticWritten to inform or instruct the reader, especially in moral or political lessons
- 28ElegyA mournful poem telling the tragic story of an individual
(Way to remember: elegy is spelled similarly to eulogy) - 29EllipsesThe omission of a word or a series of words
ex. I succeeded, and you can succeed too.
vs
I succeeded, and you can too. - 30EuphemismA polite or mild word or expression used to refer to something that one does not wish to say outright
ex. Euphemisms for "to die" include "to pass away" and "to be in a better place" - 31IronyA contrast or incongruity between expectations for a situation and what is reality
- 32PunA play on words that usually hinges on a word with more than one meaning or the substitution of a homonym that changes the meaning of the sentence
- 33RepetitionConsists of a repeating word, phrase, or sentence and is used to add emphasis, unity, and/or power
- 34SatireA genre of literature that uses wit for the purpose of social criticism; it ridicules problems in society, government, businesses, and individuals in order to bring attention to certain vices or flaws and to lead to improvements
- 35Stream of ConsciousnessA narrative form in which the author writes in a way that mimics or parallels a character's internal thoughts
- 36ExigenceAn issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak
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