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rhetoric terms
Rhetoric terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ethos | an appeal to one's beliefs |
| Pathos | appeal to emotion |
| Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason |
| parallelism | phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side balancing each other |
| allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event |
| anaphora | a rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in successive lines |
| antithesis | balancing words, phrases or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure |
| analogy | a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way |
| repetition | keys words repeated in the course of a speech or conversion for the sake of emphasis |
| anadiplosois | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause |
| chiasmus | a statement of two parallel parts where the second part is structurally reversed |
| epimone | frequent repetition of a phrase or question; dwelling on a point |
| syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences in a language |
| periodic sentence | a long and involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax, in which the sense is not complete until the final word |
| SOAPSTone | speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, tone |
| diction | a writer or speaker's choice of words |
| polysyndeton | repeated use of conjunctions to link words, clauses, and sentences |
| juxtaposition | placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts |
| connotation | all the meanings and emotions associated with a word |
| denotation | dictionary meaning of a word |
| appositive | a noun or noun phrase that follows another noun |
| anecdote | a brief narrative that focuses on a particular event |
| paradox | a statement that seems self contradictory but is in reality the truth |
| metonmy | a figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of something closely associated with it |
| syllogism | a form of reasoning where two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn |
| voice | the writers distinctive use of language |
| plainstyle | a term associated with the Puritan attitude |
| weasel words | suggests a positive meaning with no real guarantee |
| bandwagon | a fallacy that because something is popular it is therefor good and desirable |
| rhetorical questions | questions phrased to stimulate a mental response rather than spoken response |
Created by:
beth weir
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