English P rhetorical terms Flashcards
Paradox
a self conflicting statement with ironic truth
Parallelism
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Pathos
Appeal through emotion
Periodic Sentences
Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
Peroration
The final part of an argument
Persona
The face or character an actor displays for their audience
Personification
Giving lifelike qualities to non-living things
Polemic
An aggressive argument that tries to establish superiority of one opinion of all others
Polysyndeton
The deliberate use of multiple conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
it is incorrect to always claim something is the cause just because it happened earlier
Propoganda
The spread of ideas and information to a further cause
Purpose
The goal the speaker wants to achieve
