Rhetorical Devices to Know Flashcards

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3 Main Rhetorics

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  1. Logos = logic
  2. Pathos = pathetic emotion
  3. Ethos = expert
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Anaphora

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repeat at start

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Antithesis

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opp ideas close by

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Metonymy

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replace smth with smth similar

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Epanalepsis

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repeat at start + end

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Paralepsis

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pretend to ignore, but say it in a shady way

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Synecdoche

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replace whole by part

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8
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Tapinosis

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insult by downplaying importance, tapping it down to nothing

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Tricolon

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three parts

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