English Triad Flashcards
Ethos
Credibility of the Speaker
Pathos
Using human emotions to persuade the audience members
Logos
Using Logical and Factual evidence to support your argument
Metanoia
When you amplify, retract, strength or weaken a prior statement.
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at successive clauses.
Antithesis
Where two opposite ideas are placed together for contrast.
Epizeuxis
When you deliberately repeat a word for emphasi.
Anadiplosis
When the writer repeats the last word or phrase of one line or clause to begin the next.
Diacope
The repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening words.
Chiasmus
Where words or phrases are repeated in reverse order.
Counter Argument
A viewpoint that opposes your main argument.