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Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

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An implied comparison of two unlike things

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Metaphor

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An explicit comparison between two unlike things using like or as

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Simile

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Attributing human qualities to an inanimate object

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Personification

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A contrast between reality and expectations

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Irony

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Caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule

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Sarcasm

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Exaggeration; deliberate exaggeration for emphasis

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Hyperbole

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A type of understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary

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Litotes

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Related to classification and division—a part is substituted for the whole, or the species for the genus

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Synecdoche

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Designation of one thing with something closely associated with it

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Metonymy

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Contradiction; two contradictory terms or ideas used together

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Oxymoron

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A statement that appears to be contradictory but, in fact, has some truth

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Paradox

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Refers to the use of words whose sound reinforces their meaning

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Onomatopoeia

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Commonly defined as those questions that do not require an answer

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Rhetorical Question

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“A turning away”. You “turn away” from your audience to address someone or something new

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Apostrophe

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Substitute less pungent words for harsh ones, with excellent ironic effect

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Euphemism

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Expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures

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Parallelism

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Grammatical structure of the first clause or phrase is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating the same words

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Chiasmus

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The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas

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Antithesis

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The placing next to a noun another noun or phrase that explains it

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Apposition

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The insertion of words, phrases, or a sentence that is not syntactically related to the rest of the sentence

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Parenthesis

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Conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose

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Asyndeton

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Omission or a word or short phrase easily understood in context

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Ellipsis

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Repetition at the end of a clause to a word tagged occurred at the beginning

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Epanalepsis

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He regular repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses

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Epistrophe

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The use of many conjunctions to slow the pace

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Polysyndeton

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The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of the successive words

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Alliteration

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Involves the repetition of vowels sounds with words

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Assonance

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The repetition of consonants in words stressed in the same place (but wholes vowels differ)

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Consonance

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Occurs when the use of a sound device produces a pleasant mellifluous sound

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Eupohony

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Occurs when the use of a sound device produces a harsh, discordant sound

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Cacophony

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A work the functions on a symbolic level

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Allegory

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A reference contained in a work to an event in history or to another piece of literature

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Allusion

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A short, personal story or brief episode told by a writer or character to illustrate a point

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Anecdote

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The relation ship an author has towards his or her subject and or audience

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Attitude/tone

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The interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning

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Connotation

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The literal or dictionary definition of a word

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Denotation

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The use of quotation or except at the beginning of a work or chapter that hints at its theme

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Epigraph

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The repetition of variations of an image or idea in a work used to develop theme or characters

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Motif

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A work that targets human vices, follies of social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule

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Satire

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Something in literary work that stands for something else, usually something greater than the things itself

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Symbol

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The opposite of an exaggeration; a technique from developing irony and/or hint where the writer describes something as less than what it is

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Understatement

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A play on the meaning of words

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Pun

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Involve alterations in the usual meanings of words or phrases

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Tropes

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Arrangements of ideas, words, or phrases that are stylistically effective

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Schemes

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Syntactic structure of each sentences supports its meaning

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Balance

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Standard word order is subject-verb, adjectives precede nouns. Deviation from normal word order signals emphasis

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Syntax

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Adding words or phrases to a sentence to vary the style and draw emphasis to certain parts of the sentence

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Addition

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Taking out words stylistically or for emphasis

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Omission

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Repeating any element for emphasis

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Repetition

50
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The repetition of certain sounds within a paragraph or sentence

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Sound

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