Rhetoric Speech Terms

Question 0

Apostrophe

Answer 0

An address directed at one person or a group of people.

Question 1

Antithesis

Answer 1

Contrasting ideas or words which are balanced against each other. Eg. “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” - Julius Caesar by Shakespeare.

Question 2

Archaism

Answer 2

Language which is old fashioned within the context.

Question 3

Bathos

Answer 3

A descent from the elevated to the trivial for humorous effect.

Question 4

Building Incrementum

Answer 4

When a speaker makes a series of progressively more powerful, persuasive or emotive points in a list, building up to a high impact conclusion.