16-34 rhetorical terms Flashcards
Apollonian
the most nobel qualities of behavior
apostrophe
adresses a person not present or a personafied thing
arch
clever or sly humor
archetype
abstract conception of a type
assonance
repetiton of two or more vowel sounds
asyndeton
eliminate conjunctions
bard
a poet or performer in olden times who told heroic stories
bathos
anticlimax
belle lettres
world of books, criticism, and literature
bibliography
a list of works cited
bombast
inflated language
burlesque
a work of literature meant to ridicule a subject
cacophony
grating sounds
canon
works widely read and studied
caricature
striking qualities in people and things
carpe diem
enjoy life whileyou can
circumlocution
talking around
classic
literature that has withstood time
classical / classicism
implies formality, restraint and simplicity