Rhetorical Terms Flashcards
1
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Define Allusion
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Referring indirectly to an object or circumstance from an external context. It is left to the audience to make the connection.
2
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Define Anaphora
A
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.
3
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Define Antithesis
A
Opposition or contrast of ideas in balanced construction
4
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Define Asyndeton
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Lack of conjunctions between phrases and words
5
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Define Bathos
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Sudden descent from the sublime to the ridiculous
6
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Define Hyperbole
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Exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect
7
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Define Irony
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A statement intended to convey its opposite meaning
8
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Define Oxymoron
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Contradictory ideas juxtaposed e.g. A deafening silence
9
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Define Pathos
A
Evoking a feeling of pity
