Rhetorical Terms for Reading and Writing

Question 1

an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political social, or satiric

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allegory

Question 2

an allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or to make a point

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allusion

Question 3

a short simple narrative of an incident often used for humorous effect or to make a point

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anecdote

Question 4

is a rhetorical device

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that features the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentence phrases or clauses anaphora works as a literary device to allow writers to convey emphasize and reinforce meaning

Question 5

a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases, and in the sentence yet maintain grammatical accuracy

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asyndeton

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it rather connects the clauses with a conjunction. “ I came and I saw and I conquered.”

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polysyndeton

Question 7

syndeton includes the addition of multiple conjunctions, such as in this example

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syndeton

Question 8

indicates the same word returns at the end of each sentence. Epistrophe is a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the ends of the clauses or sentences

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epistrophe

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is a combination of two words, “snide” and “remark” which means a sarcastic comment

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snark

Question 10

the presentation of two contrasting images the idea are balanced by word phrase or paragraphs “ to be or to not me”

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antithesis

Question 11

is a rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws a conclusion about something more specific

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syllogism