Alliteration highlights a particular part of a piece through the repetition of initial consonants. The repetition of certain sounds creates emphasizes not only the words in the passage themselves but on the pattern, creating a musical effect.

Allusion allows the audience to connect the characteristics of one object/concept to another. More often than not, an allusion in a literary work refers to some feature of another, previous literary work.

Analogies are typically used to clarify or explain an author’s idea to the reader by likening a new idea to an older, better known one.

Antithesis literally means opposite, but the rhetorical definition calls for parallel structures of contrasting words or clauses.

A device used by writers in order to create focus on a particular part of a piece.

Diction is the umbrella term used to identify an author’s choice of words.

Ellipsis is used to omit some parts of a sentence or even an entire story forcing the reader to figuratively fill in the gaps.

He purpose of an appeal to ethos, an ethical appeal, is to establish the speaker’s credibility through exposition of that speaker’s character.

A hyperbole involves exaggeration in order to create emphasis.

Imagery is used to characterize objects, actions, and ideas in a way that appeals to our physical senses.

A writer utilizes irony to show that the words they use do not necessarily represent their intended meaning.

An oxymoron is a juxtaposition of two opposing words with the intended effect of creating emphasis through the nonsensical nature of this device.

Pathos is a term used to identify an appeal to the pathetic.

A writer might employ personification in order to apply human characteristics to something nonhuman, thus furthering the writer’s use of imagery and figurative language

Employing symbolism is a way for a writer to attach meaning to an object or action, some symbol within the piece

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Rhetorical Terms

Term	Definition
alliteration	Alliteration highlights a particular part of a piece through the repetition of initial consonants. The repetition of certain sounds creates emphasizes not only the words in the passage themselves but on the pattern, creating a musical effect.
allusion	Allusion allows the audience to connect the characteristics of one object/concept to another. More often than not, an allusion in a literary work refers to some feature of another, previous literary work.
analogy	Analogies are typically used to clarify or explain an author’s idea to the reader by likening a new idea to an older, better known one.
antithesis	Antithesis literally means opposite, but the rhetorical definition calls for parallel structures of contrasting words or clauses.
consonance	A device used by writers in order to create focus on a particular part of a piece.
diction	Diction is the umbrella term used to identify an author’s choice of words.
ellipsis	Ellipsis is used to omit some parts of a sentence or even an entire story forcing the reader to figuratively fill in the gaps.
ethos	He purpose of an appeal to ethos, an ethical appeal, is to establish the speaker’s credibility through exposition of that speaker’s character.
hyperbole	A hyperbole involves exaggeration in order to create emphasis.
imagery	Imagery is used to characterize objects, actions, and ideas in a way that appeals to our physical senses.
irony	A writer utilizes irony to show that the words they use do not necessarily represent their intended meaning.
oxymoron	An oxymoron is a juxtaposition of two opposing words with the intended effect of creating emphasis through the nonsensical nature of this device.
pathos	Pathos is a term used to identify an appeal to the pathetic.
personification	A writer might employ personification in order to apply human characteristics to something nonhuman, thus furthering the writer’s use of imagery and figurative language
symbol/Symbolism	Employing symbolism is a way for a writer to attach meaning to an object or action, some symbol within the piece

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