C-E Named Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
Cacophony (Dissonance)
When harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds are used deliberately in poetry or prose. Opposite of Euphony.
Catachresis
An extravagant, implied metaphor using words in an alien or unusual way.
Chiasmus (Reverse Parallelism)
The second part of a grammatical construction is balanced or paralleled by the first part, only in reverse order.
Colloquialism
A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing.
Diacope
Repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase as a method of emphasis.
Dysphemism
The opposite of Euphemism. making things sound worse.
Enthymeme
An informally-stated syllogism which omits either one of the premises or the conclusion.
Enumeratio
Detailing parts, causes, effects, or consequences to make a point more forcibly.
Epanalepsis
Repeating the beginning word of a clause or sentences at the end. The beginning and end of a sentence have the most emphasis.
Epistrophe
forms the counterpart to anaphora, because the repetition of the same words comes at the end of a successive sentence.
Epithet
an adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject (noun) by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject, as in “laughing happiness”.
Epizeuxis
Repetiton of one word (for emphasis)
Eponym
Substitutes for a particular attribute the name of a famous person recognized for that attribute.
Euphemism
A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable.
Euphony
A succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony.
