Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Vocab > Rhetorical Terms > Flashcards

Rhetorical Terms Flashcards

1
Q

Figurative language

A

An umbrella term that encompasses rhetorical terms that are inaccurate literally but call to mind sensation or evoke reactions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Metaphor

A

An implied comparison that does not use the word like or ask

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Implied metaphor

A

A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed discreetly as a sentence.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Simile

A

Comparison between 2 unlike things using like or as

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Personification

A

Language attributes human qualities to non-human subjects

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Hyperbole

A

An exaggeration for effect

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Metonymy

A

Referring something associated/related to it

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Synecdoche

A

A part of a whole

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Alliteration

A

The repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Understatement

A

An ironic minimizing for effect

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Diction

A

Word choice

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Concrete language

A

Language that describes specific, observational things. Physical, experience, senses

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Abstract language

A

Represents ideas of thoughts-generalities

Love, hope, sad

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Denotation

A

The dictionary definition of a word

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Connotation

A

How you think of a word.

Cop, police, po po mean the same thing as police officer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Vernacular

A

Everyday speech.

Language of country

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Jargon

A

The specialized vocabulary of a group with a specialty

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Anglo-Saxon diction

A

Word choice characterized by simple nouns, adjectives and adverbs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Latinate diction

A

Word choice derived from the Latin or Greek roots/prefixes/suffixes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Tone

A

An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Repetition

A

Reinforcing a point by repeating the point. 3 is the goal.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Parallelism

A

A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Anadiplosis

A

The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Anaphora

A

The repetition of a group of words at the BEGINNING of successive clauses.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Epistrophe

A

The repulsion of a group of words at he END of successive clauses.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Antimetabole

A

The repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Simple sentence

A

One independent clause

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Compound sentence

A

2+ independent clauses

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Complex sentences

A

1+ dependent and 1 independent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Compound complex

A

2+ independent and 1+ dependent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Coordination

A

Combining sentences into one single sentence

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Subordination

A

Taking less important ideas and placing them in dependent clauses.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Cliche

A

A figure of speech whose effectiveness has been worn out through overuse and excessive familiarity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Idiom

A

A familiar grouping of words especially words that habitually appear together and thereby convey meaning by association

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

Double entendre

A

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

Innuendo

A

A hint

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

Parenthetical idea

A

Parentheses are used to set off an idea from the rest of the sentence

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

Gerund

A

A verbal ending in -ing that functions as a noun

Swimming

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

Infinitive

A

A verbal that function as a noun, adjective or adverb

To run

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

Split infinitives

A

When the infinitive is interrupted with another word

To boldly go

41
Q

Agreement

A

Subject verb agreement

42
Q

Active voice

A

The subject of the sentence performs the action

43
Q

Passive voice

A

The subject of the sentence receives the action

44
Q

Ambiguity

A

Multiple meaning; intentionally vauge

45
Q

Rhetorical question

A

Question not asked for information but for effect

46
Q

Imagery

A

Language that evokes particular sensations or emotionally rich experiences

47
Q

Allegory

A

An extended metaphor

Has a deeper meaning: literally and metaphorically

48
Q

Allusion

A

A reference of something to create and effect or enrich the meaning of an idea

Trojan war, face of a thousand ships

49
Q

Parody

A

An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes

50
Q

Soliloquy

A

Dialogue in which a character speaks aloud to themselves

51
Q

Apostrophe

A

Where nature is addressed as though human

52
Q

Appositive

A

Helps explain the noun

Mousse, the dog, ran away

53
Q

Epithet

A

A word or phrase adding a characteristic to a persons name

Richard the lion heart

54
Q

Antonomasia

A

Substitution of a title

Elvis Presley “the king”

55
Q

Apology

A

An elaborate statement justifying some controversial position

56
Q

Auxesis

A

A gradual increase of importance

57
Q

Accumulation

A

Figure of speech on which a speaker or a writer gathers scattered points and lists them together

58
Q

Inversion

A

A figure in which language takes a sudden turn.

Build up then flip it

59
Q

Hyperbaton

A

A figure of speech that uses disruption or inversion of customary word order to produce a distinctive effect

60
Q

Ellipsis

A

The omission of words

…

61
Q

Satire

A

A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect

62
Q

Sarcasm

A

A generally bitter comment that is ironically worded, a way to mock if ridicule something

63
Q

Accismus

A

A form of irony where one pretends indifference and refuses something while actually wanting it

64
Q

Situational irony

A

Found in the plot

65
Q

Verbal irony/ antiphrasis

A

When you say something and mean the opposite/ something different

66
Q

Synesthesia

A

A technique adopted by writers to present ideas, characters, or places in such a manner that they appeal to more than one senses.

67
Q

Epigraph

A

A quotation at the beginning of a literary work suggestive theme

68
Q

Adage/aphorism/maxim

A

A piece of common wisdom

69
Q

Homily

A

Serious talk or speech. Sermon

70
Q

Eulogy

A

A formal expression of praise when someone has died

71
Q

Epistle

A

A poem or other literary work in the form of a letter

Dear….

72
Q

Antithesis

A

Opposite ideas. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas

73
Q

Juxtaposition

A

Placing things side by side for comparison

74
Q

Oxymoron

A

A phase that is seemingly contradictory

75
Q

Paradox

A

A statement that seems untrue on the surface but is true nevertheless

76
Q

Undertone

A

An attitude that may lie under the tone of the piece

77
Q

Anachronism

A

Incorporating an event/person/thing that does not correspond with the time period

Ex. Cell phone in 1800s

78
Q

Symbolism

A

Anything that represents something else

79
Q

Analogy

A

Comparing like things

AB-CD

80
Q

Synesthesia

A

Appeal to more than one sense

81
Q

Asyndeton

A

Omission of fanboys

82
Q

Polysyndeton

A

Adding a lot of fanboys

Ex. And…and…and…

83
Q

Anthimeria

A

Substitution of one part of speech for another

84
Q

Anecdote

A

A brief narrative in text to capture audience or support claim

85
Q

Dialect

A

The patterns of language used by particular cultural or ethnic populations
-Like vernacular-

86
Q

Invective

A

Abusive language

87
Q

Dysphemism

A

Substitution of a more offensive or disparaging word/phrase for one considered less offensive
-more metaphorical-

88
Q

Cacophemism

A

A word/expression that is generally harsh, impolite, offensive

89
Q

Euphemism

A

An indirect expression of unpleasant information

-make it seem pleasant-

90
Q

Pun

A

Play on words

91
Q

Antistasis

A

Words that sound IDENTICAL but have different meanings

92
Q

Paronomasia

A

Word that sound SIMILAR but have different meanings

93
Q

Syllepsis

A

A word used differently in relation to two other words.

A connects to concept, B connects to concept, A and B aren’t related

94
Q

Subject complement

A

The word or clauses that follows linking vets and completes the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it

95
Q

Predicate adjective

A

Adjective clause that follows a linking verb

96
Q

Predicate nominative

A

A noun clause that names the subject

97
Q

Loose sentence

A

Main idea comes first. Puts it all there at the beginning

98
Q

Periodic sentence

A

Central meaning is at the end

Vocab (4 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions