rhetorical terms Flashcards
parallelism
I am woman; I am mother; I am fierce.
isocolon
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.
antithesis
small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind
anastrophe
Into the water dove the boy
paranthesis
The college University of Southern Cailfornia (USC) is having an open house
Ellipsis
So…what happened?
asyndeton
i came, i saw, i conquered
alliteration
the black bug bit the brown bear
assoance
johnny went here there and everywhere
anaphora
every moring I go to school, every night i go to work and every weekend i sleep
epistrophe
I want pizza, he wants pizza, we all want pizza!
epanalepsis
nothing is worse than doing nothing
anadiplosis
When we win, we win big!
climax
When Gaston and the townspeople come to attack the beast, and Belle admits her love for the beast
antimetabole
Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country
chiasmus
Her life was full of children, and her children full of life.
polyptoton
I dreamed a dream of days gone by
metaphor
The snow is a white blanke
simile
the car was as fast as lighting
synecdoche
Referring to a car as “wheels”
metonymy
Dish - for an entire plate of food
antanaclasis
Your argument is sound … all sound
personification
Lightning danced across the sky.
hyperbole
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
litotes
You won’t be sorry!
rhetorical questions
Did you expect me to do anything less than my very best?
irony
the song ironic not being ironic
onomatapia
boom
oxymoron
jumbo shirmp
paradox
I know one thing; that I know nothing.
allegory
animal farm’s meaning about political events
allusion
while sue was lost in the woods she clicked her heels 3 times hoping she would go home
analogy
The snow was a blanket over the houses
antecedent
The weather is great today; let’s make the most of it by going to the beach.
aphorism
Good things come to those who wait.
Atmosphere
The Raven By Edgar Allen Poe
caricature
Her ears were smoking she was so mad
clause
I want some cereal
Colloquialism
y’all
