Rhetorical terms 1

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Alliteration

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Repetition of sounds especially consonants in two or more neighboring words

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Allegory

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Using character & story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning

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Allusion

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Direct or indirect reference to something which presumably commonly known, such as event, book, place, etc.
Can be historical, religious, topical, etc.

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Ambiguity

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Multiple meanings either intentional or unintentional of a word, phrase, sentence or passage, talking about specific or multiple meanings of a word

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Analogy

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Comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
Explains something unfamiliar to something similar.
Has symbolism.

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Anaphora

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Device of repetition in which the same expression(word to words) that is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines and sentences.

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Anecdote

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Short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event.
Most frequently refers to incident in the life of a person.

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Antecedent

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Sentence referred to by a pronoun.

Ex: Dylan left HIS lunchbox on the bus.

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Antithesis

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Figure of balance in which two opposite idea are placed side by side intended to contrast ideas

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Aphorism

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Terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principal
Author is known
Ex: don’t count your chickens before they hatch

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Apostrophe

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Directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Address to someone or something that cannot answer.
Used to show intense emotion.

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Asyndeton

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Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. (Punctuation instead of “or” and “and”)
Can be more empathic than if the final conjunction were used

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Atmosphere

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Emotional mood created by entirety of literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by authored choice of objects described
Foreshadows events
Can create mood

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Chiasmus

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When two successive phrases are parallel in syntax but reverse the order of analogous words.
Parallel but opposite meaning
Ex: the land was ours before we were the lands
(Noun, verb, pronoun : pronoun, verb, noun)

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Clause

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Grammatical unit that contains a sentence & verb
SENTENCE
- independent: can stand alone
- dependent: can’t stand alone

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Colloquial

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Use of slang

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Conceit

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Fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects

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Connotation

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Associative meaning of a word
The implied, suggested meaning
- may involve ideas, emotions, & attitude

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Coherence

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Logical order

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Hypophora

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Author possess rhetorical question. Then answers it.

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Diction

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Word choice

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Imagery

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Appeals to 5 senses

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Irony

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When someone says one thing but means the opposite

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Juxtaposition

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Placement of two things next to each other for emphasis

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Metaphor

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Compare two unlike things

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Simile

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Comparison using “like” or “as”

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Parallel structure

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Shows similar patterns in sentence structure

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Personification

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Giving un human things human qualities

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Satire

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Ridiculing

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Syntax

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Sentence structure