Rhetorical Devices - 1 Flashcards
The device of using character and/or story elements to symbolically represent an abstraction in addition to using the literal meaning
Allegory
The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words
Alliteration
A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as event book, myth, or place, or work of art
Allusion
The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage
Ambiguity
The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause “fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to…”
Anadiplosis
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them
Analogy
One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”
Anaphora
A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person.
Anecdote
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
Antecedent
A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle
Aphorism
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer
Apostrophe
The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and part by the author’s choice of objects that are described
Atmosphere
A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb - independent, dependent
Clause
The use of slang or informalities in speech in writing, not generally accepted for formal writing
Colloquialism
A principle demanding that parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible
Coherence
