Rhetoric and style terms

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Repitition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence

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Alliteration

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Brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fiction) or to a work of art

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Allusion

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Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines

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Anaphora

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Repetition of words in reverse order

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Antimetabole

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Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction

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Antithesis

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Old fashioned or outdated choice of words

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Archaic Diction

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Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on (think accumulates)

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Cumulative sentence

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Sentence the exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action

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Hortative sentence

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Sentence used to command or enjoin

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Imperative sentence

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Inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order)

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Inversion

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Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences

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Juxtaposition

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Figure of speech that compares two things together to without using like or as

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Metaphor

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Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another

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Oxymoron

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Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

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Parallelism

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Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end

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Periodic sentence

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Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea

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Personification

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Figure of speech that uses a part to represent a whole (New set of wheels = a new car, wheels stands for car)

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Synecdoche

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Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings

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Zeugma

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The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant (The White House = the President)

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Metonymy

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Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for the rhetorical effect rather that for the purpose of getting an answer

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Rhetorical question

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Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words

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Asyndeton

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Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning

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Context

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one’s intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing

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Purpose

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The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer

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Thesis

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An assertion, usually supported by evidence

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Claim

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An emphatic statement; a declaration

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Assertion

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The topic addressed in a piece of writing

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Subject

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A diagram that represents the relationship between speaker, subject, and audience

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Aristotelian Triangle

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A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect

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Scheme

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The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author in a piece of writing

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Persona

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Appeals to the character of a person

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Ethos

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An appeal to logic

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Logos

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Appeals to emotion

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Pathos

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The speaker’s attitude towards the subject

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Tone

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A belief or statement taken for granted without proof

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Assumption

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A challenge to a position, an opposing argument

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Counterargument

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To agree that an opposing argument is true

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Concede

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To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument

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Refute

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That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word’s literal meaning

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Connotations

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An argument an idea, usually Philosophy, politics or religion

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Polemic

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Writing designated to sway opinion rather than present information

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Propagandistic

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Ironic, sarcastic, or witty writing that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it

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Satire

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The portion of an essay that piques intrest, challenges or gets the readers attention

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Introduction

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Part of the essay that provides factual information and background material

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Narration

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The major portion of an essay which contains the development of the proof; the nuts and bolts

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Confirmation

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The portion of an essay that addresses the counterargument

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Refutation

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The portion of an essay that appeals to pathos and answers the question “so what?”

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Conclusion

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Word choice

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Diction

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Sentence structure

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Syntax

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A term for artful diction; the use of language in non-literal way

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Trope

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Expressions that strive for literary effect rather than convey a literal meaning

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Figures of Speech