Rhetorical Terms

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Persuasion

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To cause a person to believe or do something by reasoning with him or her

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Rhetoric

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The art of using language purposefully

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Argument

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Expresses a position on an issue and supports that position

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Counterargument

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An argument that negates objections

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Ethos

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An appeal based in the character of the speaker

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Pathos

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An appeal to emotions or feelings

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Logos

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An appeal to logic or rational reasoning

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Deductive Reasoning

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General -> specific

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Inductive Reasoning

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Specific -> General

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Repetition

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Using the same word, words. Or structure for emphasis

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Amplification

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Repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it

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Parallelism (Parallel Structure)

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Repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that state a similar idea

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Chiasmus

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A statement consisting of toe parallel parts in which the second part is reversed. “Inverted parallelism”

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Antithesis

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A statement in which sharply contrasting words, phrases, clauses, or sentences

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Anaphora

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The same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more successive clauses

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Epistrophe

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Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences

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Asyndeton

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A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions

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Polysyndeton

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The use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than are necessary or natural

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Rhetorical Question

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A question posed for its persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply

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Hypophora

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Raising one or more questions and then proceeding to answer them. Sometimes used by asking a question at the beginning of a paragraph and then using the paragraph to answer.

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Loose Sentence

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A sentence which makes complete sense if brought to a close before it’s actual ending

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Periodic Sentence

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A sentence which makes complete sense only once the end of the sentence is reached

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Balanced Sentense

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A sentence in which the phrases and clauses balance each other by means of similar structure, meaning, or length

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Natural Order

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A sentence in which the subject comes before the predicate

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Inverted Order

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A sentence in which the precise comes before the subject