Rhetorical Terms 3 Flashcards
Words or phrases denoting ideas, qualities, and conditions that exist but can not be seen
Abstract
Fallacious argument that appeals to the passions and prejudices of a group rather than its reason
Ad populem argument
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning
Allegory
The repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
Anaphora
A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle
Aphorism
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction such as liberty or love
Apostrophe
An authors intellectual position or emotion regarding the subject of the writing
Attitude
The group for whom a work is intended
Audience
The ultimate conclusion, generalization, or point, backed up by support, of an argument
Claim
A stale image or expression , and the bane of good expository writing
Cliché
Rhetorical mode used to develop essays that systematically match two items for similarities and differences
Comparison/Contrast
A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
Complex sentence
Said of words or terms denoting objects or conditions that are palpable, visible, or otherwise evident to the senses
Concrete
The logical bases or supports for an assertion or idea
Evidence
The major category into which a literary work fits
Genre
The reversal of the normal order of words in a sentence to achieve some desired effect
Inversion
A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent clauses or phrases
Loose sentence
A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it
Metonymy
Sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end
Periodic sentence
Type of development in writing that stresses how a sequence of steps produces a certain effect
Process analysis
A question posed with no expectation of receiving an answer
Rhetorical question
A part of something used to refer to the whole
Synecdoche
The order of words in a sentence and their relationships to each other
Syntax
Words, phrases, sentences or even paragraphs that indicate connections between the writer’s ideas
Transition
The characteristic of having ball parts contribute to the overall effect
Unity
