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Rhetoric Flashcards

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Rhetorical question

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Question used to make a point
Doesn’t require an answer

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Hypophora

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Rhetorical question that is answered

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Allusion

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Referencing another work/something else

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Analogy

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Comparison of two things/ideas

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same word at the beginning of a sentence

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Anecdote

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Referring to a tale/story
Used to connect to audience

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Antithesis

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Contrasting two ideas with parallel sentence structures

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Amplification

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Repeating a word/phrase to emphasise it

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Climax

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Point of highest importance/tension

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Tricolon

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Listing three ideas

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Alliteration

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Repeated sound/consonant

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