Rhetorical terms Flashcards
an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be ready beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric.
Allegory
An allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
Allusion
a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point
Anecdote
is a rhetorical device that features the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses, Anaphora works as a literary device to allow writers to convey, emphasize, and reinforce meaning.
Anaphora
a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the praises, and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy. (“I came, I saw, I conquered.” Is an example of asyndeton)
Asyndeton
It rather connects the clauses with a conjunction. “I came and I saw and I conquered.”
polysyndeton
includes the addition of multiple conjunctions, such as in this example: “He eats and sleeps and drinks.”
syndeton
indicates the same word returns at the end of each sentence. Epistrophe is a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the ends of the clauses or sentences.
epistrophe
is a combination of two words, “snide” and “remark” which means a sarcastic comment.
snark
the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs. “To be or not to be…”
antithesis
rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general, and from this it draws a conclusion about something more specific
Syllogism
a word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing (y’all, ain’t)
colloquialism
