JFK terms Flashcards
Anaphora
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases
Not as a call, though we- Not as a call, though embattled
Antithesis
Opposition of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction
We shall support any friend, oppose any foe
Archaic Diction
Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words
Asyndeton
Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship
Cumulative Sentence
Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on
Hortative Sentence
Sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action
Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us
Imperative Sentence
Sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat
Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man
Inversion
Inverted order of words in a sentence
United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Metonymy
Use a single feature to represent the whole
In your hands fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course
Periodic sentence
Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
Zeugma
Use of two different words in a dramatically similar way but producing, often incongruous, meaning
Now the trumpet summons us again- not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are- but as a call to bear the burden
Aphorism
Wise saying, usually short and reflecting a general truth
Conceit
A metaphor that is strikingly odd and thoughtful
Chiasmus
Rhetorical device in which 2 or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reverse of their structures.
