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2ndApiphanee
15 Must Know Rhetorical Terms
| Term | Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same initial consonants of words or of stressed syllables in any sequence of neighboring words | ||
| Allusion | An indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work. | ||
| Analogy | Comparing two things or instances in time often based on their structure and used to explain a complex idea in simpler terms | ||
| Antithesis | A device used to create contrast by placing two parallel but opposite ideas in a sentence | ||
| Consonance | Repetition of consonants sounds two or more times in short succession within a sentence or phrase | ||
| Diction | Refers to the author’s word choice | ||
| 7. Ellipsis | When one or more words are omitted from a sentence | ||
| Ethos | A characteristic spirit of a given culture, era, or community or its beliefs; Ethos, in purely rhetorical terms, is a label used to identify an appeal to the ethics of a culture or individual | ||
| Hyperbole | An intentionally exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally but creating a desired humorous effect | ||
| Imagery | Visually descriptive or figurative language | ||
| Irony | The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite of what the writer intends to achieve a humorous effect or to add emphasis. | ||
| Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | ||
| Pathos | A quality that evokes pity or sadness | ||
| Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to a nonhuman or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | ||
| Symbol/Symbolism | A thing that represents or stands for another thing like an object that represents an abstract idea |
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