Rhetoric Vocabulary Lesson 1 Flashcards
an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings
represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read
beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political,
social, or satiric.
Allegory
An allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other
literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
Allusion
a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to
make a point.
Anecdote
is a rhetorical device that features the repetition of a word or phrase at the
beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses. Anaphora works as a literary device to
allow writers to convey, emphasize, and reinforce meaning.
Anaphora
a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate
conjunctions between the phrases, and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy.
Asyndeton
It rather connects the clauses with conjunction. “I came and I saw and I conquered.”
Polysyndeton
Syndeton includes the addition of multiple conjunctions, such as in this example: “He eats and sleeps and drinks.”
Syndeton
Indicates the same word returns at the end of each sentence. Epistrophe is a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the ends of the clauses or sentences.
Epistrophe
Is a combination of two words, “snide” and “remark”, which means a sarcastic comment.
Snark
The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs. “to be or not to be…”
Antithesis
Rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general, and from this it draws a conclusion about something more specific.
Syllogism
A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing (y’all, ain’t)
Colloquialism
