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Rhet Dev Set 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| allegory | a story with multiple levels of meaning - a literal level and a deeper, more symbolic level |
| syntax | the way the writer chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences |
| rhetorical question | a question asked to emphasize a point, with no answer really expected |
| appeal to ethos | an appeal to a person's character, credibility, sincerity, or trustworthiness |
| appeal to pathos | an appeal to a person's emotions |
| appeal to logos | an appeal to a person's sense of logic |
| pathetic fallacy | when events that are happening in nature mimic what is happening in the plot of a story |
| analogy | a comparison between two things in which the more complex is explained in terms of the more simple |
| oxymoron | the association of two contrary terms side by side |
| paradox | a statement that appears to be contradictory or absurd on the surface, but actually expresses a deeper truth |
| hyperbole | an excessive overstatement |
| anachronism | anything out of its proper historical time |