rhetorical devices Flashcards

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Apostrophe

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interrupts the discussion or discourse and addresses directly a person or personified thing, either present or absent,Its most common purpose in prose is to give vent to or display intense emotion,which can no longer be held back

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Anaphora

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is the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of each successive phrases,clauses,or sentences,commonly in conjunction with the climax and with parallelism

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Epistrophe

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forms the counterpart to anaphora, because the repetition of the same word or words come at the end of successive phrases,clauses, or sentences

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Enumeratio

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detailing parts, causes,effects, or consequences to make a point more forcibly

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Antimetabole

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reversing the order of repeated words or phrases to intensify the final formulation, to present alternatives,or to show contrast

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Antithesis

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establishes a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together of juxtaposing them,often in a parallel structure.

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Appositive

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a noun or noun substitute placed next to (in apposition to) another noun to be described or defined by the appositive. The appositive can be placed before or after the noun.

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Assonance

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similar vowels sounds repeated

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Asyndeton

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consist of omitting conjunctions between words,phrases,or clauses. In a list of items, asyndeton gives the effect of great grains or achievements (no and)

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Epithet

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adj. or adj. phrase appropriately qualifying a subject(noun) by naming a key or important characteristics of the subject, as in “laughing happiness”

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Metonymy

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is another form of metaphor,very similar to synecdoche in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with the subject ( you can’t fight city hall”) whole standing for the part

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paralepsis

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emphasiziing a point by seeming to pass over it

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rhetorical question

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not answered by the writer and the answer is obvious or obviously desired

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Scesis Onomation

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emphasizes an idea by expressing it in a string generally synonymous phrases or statements. While it should be used carefully, this deliberate and obvious statement can be quite effective

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Synecdoche

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type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole

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Polysyndeton

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use of conjunction between each word,phrase,or clause.Opposite of asyndeton

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Allegory

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meant to teach a lesson but not taken literally

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allusion

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referenece to something not created by the author

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assonance

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repetition of a vowel

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juxaposition

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opposite things next to each other

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motif

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a phrase not theme

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oxymoron

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a contradicting statement ex.jumbo shrimp

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paradox

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contradicting itself ex.this statement is false