Recognizing Rhetorical Techniques in a Speech Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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Appeal
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An attempt to make the audience feel certain emotions so that they will be more likely to be engaged
2
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Central Idea
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The author’s most important idea in a text, supported by key details
3
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Overstatement
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A statement that exaggerates the importance of something
4
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Parallelism
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The repetition of a structure, sound, or other grammatical or language device within a section of text
5
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Rhetoric
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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
6
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Shift
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A change in the speaker’s tone
7
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Summarize
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To state the central ideas of a text in your own words
8
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Understatement
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A figure of speech that minimizes the importance of something
