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Rhetorical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Coherence | quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea, theme, or organizing principle. |
| Concrete Language | Language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities. |
| Connotation | implied or suggested meaning of a work because of its association in the reader’s mind. |
| Consonance | repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in a close proximity, as in boost/best; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong. |
| Conundrum | a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun: it may also be a paradox or difficult problem. |
| Deduction | the process of moving from a general rule to a specific example |
| Denotation | literal meaning of word as defined |
| Description | the picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell, and touch; one of the four modes of discourse |
| Diction | word choice, an element of style: Diction creates tone, attitude, and style as well as meaning. Different types and arrangements of words have significant effects on meaning. An essay written in academic diction would be much less colorful. |
| Didactic | writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach. A didactic work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns. Didactic writing may be fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior. |
| Discourse | spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes of discourse are description, exposition, narration and persuasion. |
| Dissonance | harsh or grating sounds that do not go together. |
| Dramatic Irony | When the reader is aware of an inconsistency between a fictional or nonfictional character’s perception of a situation and the truth of that situation. |
| Emotional Appeal | When a writer appeals to readers’ emotions (often through pathos) to excite and involve them in the argument. |
| Epigraph | the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. Hemingway begins The Sun Also Rises with two epigraphs. One of them is “you are all a lost generation” by Gertrude Stein |
| Ethical Appeal | When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text. Reputation is sometimes a factor in ethical appeal, but in all cases the aim is to gain the audience’s confidence. |
| Euphemism | a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. |
| Euphony | a succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony. |
| Example | An individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern. Arguing by example is considered reliable if examples are demonstrable true or factual as well relevant. |
| Explication | the art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text. Explication usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language. |
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