Rhetorical Terms 1 Flashcards

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Allegory

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Using character/ story elements to represent an abstraction to the literal meaning; deals with moral truth and generalization

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Alliteration

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Repetition of sounds; reinforces meaning and supply’s a musical sound

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Allusion

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Reference to a commonly known person or event

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4
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Ambiguity

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Multiple meanings of a word, phrase, etc

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5
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Analogy

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Similarity or comparison between two things; establishes familiarity

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Antecedent

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Word or phrase referred to by a pronoun

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7
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Aphorism

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Terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle

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Apostrophe

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Directly addresses and absent person or personified thing

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Atmosphere

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Emotional mood established by setting an writing; foreshadowing

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Clause

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Contains both a subject and verb

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Colloquial

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Use of slang in writing

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12
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Conceit

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Fanciful expression, form of metaphor or analogy; displays intellectual cleverness

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13
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Connotation

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Non-literal meaning of a word

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14
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Denotation

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Literal meaning of a word

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15
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Diction

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Style of writers word choices; formal or informal

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