IB 4 Rhetoric Vocab

Question 1

Conceit

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Conceptual Metaphor

Answer 2

The concept behind the metaphor actually used in speech or writing.

ie “Knowing is seeing” (knowing isn’t actually seeing)

Question 3

Rhetorical modes/modes of discourse (4)

Answer 3

Exposition
Argumentation
Description
Narration

Question 4

Rhetorical mode, Exposition

Answer 4

Purpose: to explain/analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion.

Question 5

Rhetorical mode, Argumentation

Answer 5

Purpose: to prove the validity of an idea through sound reasoning, discussion, and argument.

Question 6

Rhetorical mode, Description

Answer 6

Purpose: to recreate, invent, or visually present a noun or action.

Question 7

Rhetorical mode, Narration

Answer 7

Purpose: to narrate something, useful in putting things in a logical order.

Question 8

Ecphrasis

Answer 8

Vivid description.

Question 9

Enargia/hypotyposis

Answer 9

Generic name for the group of figures of speech describing one thing (ie Chronographia)

Question 10

Chronographia

Answer 10

Vivid representation of a certain recurring time

ie a season

Question 11

Topographia

Answer 11

Description of a place.

Question 12

Pragmatographia

Answer 12

Description of an action

Question 13

Ethopoeia

Answer 13

Extensive description of a character (manners, dispositions, etc.)

Question 14

Prosopographia

Answer 14

Vivid description of a face

Question 15

Astrothesia

Answer 15

Description of the stars

Question 16

Effictio

Answer 16

Description of someone’s body (usually from head to toe)

Question 17

Icon

Answer 17

Description of the likeness of a person by imagery

Question 18

Chorographia

Answer 18

Description of a particular nation

Question 19

Geographia

Answer 19

Description of the earth

Question 20

Anemographia

Answer 20

Description of the wind

Question 21

Dendrographia

Answer 21

Description of a tree

Question 22

Topothesia

Answer 22

Description of an imaginary place

Question 23

Hydrographia

Answer 23

Description of water

Question 24

Anacoluthon

Answer 24

Lack of grammatical sequence or symmetry.

Look for: dashes

ie. “Athletes convicted of drug-related crimes–are they to be forgiven with just a slap on the wrist?

Question 25

Anadiplosis

Answer 25

Repetition of a prominent phrase or the last word (specifically, repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next)

Look for: same word right after each other, usually in different sentences.

ie. “The love of wicked men converts to fear / that fear to hate, and hate turns. . . .”

Question 26

Anaphora

Answer 26

Repetition of a word at the beginning/same place of a clause/phrase.

Look for: the same word in the same place

ie. “we cannot dedicate–we cannot consecrate–we cannot hallow–this ground.”

Question 27

Anastrophe

Answer 27

Yoda speech–inversion of conventional word order.

Look for: unusual word order.

ie. “Only once you live” vs. You only live once.

Question 28

Hendiadys

Answer 28

Expressing a single idea by usuing two nouns instead of a noun and its qualifier; a method of amplification that adds force.

Look for: two nouns joined by AND

“Angels and ministers of grace defend us!”

Question 29

Epexegesis

Answer 29

When one interprets what one has just said–redefinition or self-interpretation.

Look for: redundancy and “that is to say”

ie. “‘I’ve eaten the plums, that is to say, the plums are gone.”

Question 30

Zeugma

Answer 30

When one part of speech governs other part of a sentence

Look for: one verb describing several nouns

ie. “He carried a strobe light and the responsibility for the lives of his men.”

Question 31

Dialogismus

Answer 31

Speaking as someone else, often to bring others’ points of view into one’s own speech.

Look for quotes when the person is talking to themselves.

ie. “What they say is… But I say…Opponents of this issue…”

Question 32

Aporia

Answer 32

Deliberating with oneself as though in doubt over some matter; asking oneself or rhetorically asking one’s hearers what the best way is to approach something.

Look for: questions posed by the author directed at the author.

ie. “Must I then part ways with the only world I know?”

Question 33

Adynaton

Answer 33

A declaration of impossibility, usually in terms of an exaggerated comparison.

Look for: hyperboles

“Pigs will fly before Gerard Butler will marry me.”

Question 34

Antanaclasis

Answer 34

The repetition of a word or phrase whose meaning changes in the second instance.

Look for: words with double connotations

“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm”

Question 35

Bomphiologia

Answer 35

Exaggeration done in a self-aggrandizing manner, as a braggart.

Look for: bombastic/self-centered

“Best music this side of Berthoud”

Question 36

Cataplexis

Answer 36

Threatening or prophesying payback for ill doing.

Look for: Threats and no hope

ie. “What you’ve done today to these innocent people will haunt you tonight. There’s no one to run to, no where to go…”

Question 37

Diasyrmus

Answer 37

Rejecting an argument through ridiculous comparison.

Look for: Sarcasm/hyperboles

ie. “Asking the government to have better parliamentarians is like asking a dog to quit marking his territory.”