All Rhetoric Review Quiz Flashcards
Terms linked in a different sense of the meaning of the word (one literal; one figurative)
Syllepsis
The omission of a word easily supplied (usually a verb)
Ellipsis
When words appear in an unexpected order (yoda)
Anastrophe
Using one part of speech as another (ex. noun as a verb)
Anthimeria
The repetition of grammatical structures
Parallelism
Contrasting ideas expressed in parallel form
Antithesis
An inversion of grammatical structure, idea, or sound
Chiasmus
A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length
Tricolon
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning
Anaphora
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the end of one phrase or clause and the beginning of the next
Anadiplosis
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the end
Epistrophe
The consecutive repetition of a word, often in a pattern of three
Epizeuxis
The use of the same word or phrase at the beginning and end of a sentence
Epanalepsis
A short, informal reference to something the reader will presumably recognize: a historical or fictional character, event, place; a religious or mythological story, or a literary work
Allusion
A writer or a speaker detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech
Apostrophe
Compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other, asserting that one thing IS the other thing
Metaphor
Compare two different things that resemble each other in at least one wat. Compares a noun to a noun using “like”; comparing a verb or phrase to a verb or phrase using “as”
Simile
A type of metaphor that uses something closely associated with a subject in order to represent the subject
Metonymy
A form of metonymy in which a part acts as a substitute for a whole
Synecdoche
Metaphorically represents an animal or inanimate object as having human attributes- attributes of form, character, feelings, behavior, ideas, etc.
Personification
The strategy of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses in a list in order to create a spontaneous or unpremeditated tone
Asyndeton
The use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause for the purpose of sounding deliberate or heavily labored
Polysyndeton
The deliberate expression of an idea as less important than it actually is, either for ironic emphasis or for politeness
Understatement
Deliberate exaggeration of conditions for emphasis or effect: a potential option for an attention-getter at the beginning of an essay or speech
Hyperbole
A list that increases by degrees in importance, weight, or magnitude
Climax
Breaking off a statement midway in order to create a rhetorical effect
Aposiopesis
A rhetorical question: a question that does not call for an answer and actually makes a statement
Erotema
The act of correcting one’s self to create a rhetorical effect
Metanoia
Calling attention to a point by seeming to dismiss or ignore it
Praeteritio
When the audience knows something that the characters don’t
Dramatic Irony
Saying one thing but meaning something else
Verbal Irony
Expecting one thing to happen but getting something else
Situational Irony
Asks one or more questions and then proceeds to answer those questions; typically the question is asked at the beginning of the paragraph and then answered throughout the rest of it
Hypophora
A brief statement of what has been said and what will follow; a transitional summary that links sections of writing together
Metabasis
Anticipates an objection that might be raised by an audience and responds to it
Procatalepsis
