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English Rhetorical Terms Test One Flashcards

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The device of using character and or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning

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Allegory

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The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words

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Alliteration

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A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.

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Allusion

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The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage

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Ambiguity

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A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them

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Analogy

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One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences

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Anaphora

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A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event

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Anecdote

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The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

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Antecedent

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Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure

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Antithesis

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A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.

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Aphorism

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A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified distraction, such as liberty or love

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Apostrophe

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Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.

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Asyndeton

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The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the authors choice of objects that are described

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Atmosphere

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A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse in the order of the analogous words

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Chiasmus

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A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb

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Clause

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The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing

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Colloquial

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A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible

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Coherence

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A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects

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Conceit

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The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word, the implied meaning

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Connotation

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Repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase

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Diacope

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Related to style, refers to the writer’s word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness

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Diction

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Means teaching, has the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles

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Didactic

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Figure of amplification in which a subject is divided into constituent parts or details, and may include a listing of things

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Enumeration

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Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal speech, is used to lend emphasis to the words on either side of the word

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Expletive

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More agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept

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Euphemism

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The purpose is to explain something, one of the four chief types of composition

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Exposition

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A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout the work

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Extended metaphor

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Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid

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Figurative language

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A device used to produce figurative language, many compare dissimilar things

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Figure of speech

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The term describes traditions for each genre, they help define each genre

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Generic conventions

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The major category into which a literary work fits

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Genre

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Means sermon, can also mean any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice

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Homily

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A fire of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

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Hyperbole

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Figure of reasoning in which one or more questions are asked and then answered

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Hypophora

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The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions

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Imagery

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The draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

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Inference/infer

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An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attach using strong, abusive language

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Invective

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The contacts between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant

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Irony/ironic

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When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast

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Juxtaposition

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Means simple or plain, a figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite, special form of understatement

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Litotes

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A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses

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Loose sentence

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A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity

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Metaphor

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Meaning changed label or substitute name, figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it

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Metonymy

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Different meanings: grammatical and deals with verbal units and speaker’s attitude/ literary and deals with the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work

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Mood

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The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events

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Narrative

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A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words

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Onomatopoeia

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A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox

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Oxymoron

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A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity

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Paradox

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Refers to grammatical or rhetorical frame of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity

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Parallelism

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