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rhetoric Quiz 3

TermDefinition
abstract words or phrases denoting ideas, qualities, and conditions that exist but cannot be seen
ad populem argument a fallacious argument that appeals to the passions and prejudices of a group rather than its reason
allegory the device of using a character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning
anaphora the repeating of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
audience the group for whom a work is intended
cliche a stale image or expression, and the bane of good expository writing
comparison/ contrast a rhetorical mode used to develop essays that systematically match two items for similarities an differences
concrete said of words denotation objects or conditions that are palpable, visible, or otherwise evident to the senses
genre the major category into which a literary work fits
inversion the reversal of the normal order or words in a sentence to achieve some desired effect, usually emphasis
loose sentence a type of sentence in which the maid idea comes first followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses
metonymy a term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name", a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for another closely associated with it
process analysis a type of development in writing that stresses how a sequence of steps produces a certain effect
rhetorical question a question posed with no explanation of receiving an answer
synecdoche a part of something used to refer to the whole
syntax the order of words in a sentence and their relationships to each other
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