16-34 rhetorical terms Flashcards
1
Q
Apollonian
A
the most nobel qualities of behavior
2
Q
apostrophe
A
adresses a person not present or a personafied thing
3
Q
arch
A
clever or sly humor
4
Q
archetype
A
abstract conception of a type
5
Q
assonance
A
repetiton of two or more vowel sounds
6
Q
asyndeton
A
eliminate conjunctions
7
Q
bard
A
a poet or performer in olden times who told heroic stories
8
Q
bathos
A
anticlimax
9
Q
belle lettres
A
world of books, criticism, and literature
10
Q
bibliography
A
a list of works cited
11
Q
bombast
A
inflated language
12
Q
burlesque
A
a work of literature meant to ridicule a subject
13
Q
cacophony
A
grating sounds
14
Q
canon
A
works widely read and studied
15
Q
caricature
A
striking qualities in people and things
