Rhetorical Terms for Reading and Writing Flashcards

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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

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An allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, or thing, event, or other literary work which the reader is presumably familiar

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Allusion

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

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Anecdote

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is a rhetorical device that features the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses. Anaphora works as a literacy device to allow writers to convey, emphasize, and reinforce meaning.

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Anaphora

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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.” Is an example of polysyndeton. In other words, whereas the first one is marked by the insertion of commas, the second one shows the omission of commas and the use of conjunctions.

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Polysyndeton

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Syndeton includes the addition of multiple conjunctions, such as in this example: “He eats and sleeps and drinks.”

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Syndeton

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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

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is the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs. “To be or not to be…”

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Antithesis

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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

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a word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing (y’all, a’int)

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Colloquialism

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