Rhetorical Terms For Reading and Writing Flashcards
an extended narrative in propose of 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
Allegory
An illusion is a reference,typically brief,to a person,place,thing,event,or other literary work with Which the reader is presumably familiar
Allusion
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 literary device to allow writers to convey,emphasize,and reinforce meaning
Anaphora
A stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases,and in the sentence,yet maintain grammatical accuracy.
Asyndeton
It rather connects the clauses with a conjunction.”I came and I saw I conquered
Polysyndeton
Syndeton includes the addition of multiple conjunctions,such as in this example
Syndeton
indicates the same word returns at the end of each sentence. Epistrophe is a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrase or words at the ends of the clauses or sentences.
Epistrophe
is a combination of two words,”single” and “remark”, which means sarcastic comment.
Snark
is the presentation of two contrasting images.The ideas are balanced by word,phrase,clause,or paragraphs.”To be or not to be”
Antithesis
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
Syllogism
a word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing.
Colloquialism
