rhetorical terms Flashcards
Allegory
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 read beneath the surface of the story;the underlying meaning may be moral,religious,political,social,or satiric.
allusion
An allusion is a reference, typically brief,to a person,place,thing,event,or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
anecdote
a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point.
anaphora
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.
asyndeton
a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases,and in the sentence,yet maintain grammatical accuracy
polysyndeton
it rather connects the clauses with a conjunction.”I came and I saw and I conquered
syndeton
syndeton includes the addition of multiple conjunctions,such as in this example “he eats and keeps and drinks.”
epistrophe
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 end of the clauses or sentences.
snark
is a combination of two words, “snide” and “remark”, “ which means a sarcadtic commet
antithesis
is the presentation of two contrasting images. the ideas are balanced by word,phrase,clause,or paragraphs. “to be or not to be…”
syllogism
is a rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general,and from this it draws a conclusion about something more specific
