Rhectorical Terms Flashcards
Allusion
“Late Latin allusion”
An indirect reference or mention especially in literature.
Alliteration
“Weird wombats woke their children”
The repetition of usually initial sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
Analogy
“Wheels to cars as feet to people”
A comparison
Anaphora
“We cannot dedicate, we cannot conceal, we cannot hallow this ground”-Abe Lincoln
Repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, etc especially rhetorical/poetic effect
Antithesis
“They promised freedom and provided slavery.”
The contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses or sentences
Apostrophe
“Oh, I wonder what you are.”
“Oh, where for art thou Romeo?”
The addressing of a usually absent person or a personified thing rhetorically
Asyndeton
“I came, I saw, I conquered.”
Omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join words or phrases
Chiasmus
“He went to the country; the town went she.”
A reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases
Epithet
“Alexander the great”
“Richard the lion-hearted”
Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual/attributed quality.
Euphemism
“She was generously proportion” rather than “she was a big girl.”
The substitution of a mild , indirect or vague expression for one thought to be offensive
