Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
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Epithet
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Replacing someone’s name with a description of them
Ex: Michael Jackson-“King of Pop”
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Chiasmus
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Inverting the first of two parallel clauses
Ex: Pleasure is sin;sin is pleasure
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Litotes
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Replacing a positive adjective with double negatives
Ex: She is pretty; She is not ugly.
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Adage
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A short statement of general truth
Ex: A picture is worth a thousand words
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Solecism
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Hypercorrection
Ex: This is between you and I
(It should be this is between you and me)
