Rhetorical Terms List 1

Question 1

Allusion

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A reference to some famous literary work, historical figure, or event

Question 2

Argumentation

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Writers attempt to convince the reader to agree with him. based upon appeals to reason, evidence proving the argument, and emotions to persuade (sometimes)

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Coherence

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The principal of clarity and logical adherence to a topic that binds together all parts of a composition

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Description

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A rhetorical mode used to develop an essay whose primary aim is to depict a scene, person, thing, or idea. Evokes the look, feel, sounds, and sense of events, people, or things

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Diction

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Word choice. Refers to the choice of words a writer uses in an essay or other writing. Includes vast vocabulary of synonyms Various words meaning the same idea allow for writers to choose their words to express their ideas

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Exposition

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Writing whose chief aim is to explain. it tells- not shows

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Figurative language

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Said of a word or expression used in a non literal way

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Hyperbole

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A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Often has a comic effect but sometimes serious. It often produces irony

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Image/imagery

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A phrase or expression that evokes a picture or describes a scene. can be literal- realistic attempt to depict with words what something looks like. can be figurative- expression is used that likens the thing described to something else

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Irony

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The use of language in such a way that apparent meaning contrasts sharply with the real meaning. softer form of sarcasm. 3 major types: verbal, situational, dramatic

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Verbal irony

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The words literally state the opposite of the writers true meaning

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Situational irony

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Events turn out the opposite of what was expected. what the characters and readers think will happen does happen

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Dramatic irony

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When facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work

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Metaphor

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A figurative image that implies the similarity between things otherwise dissimilar

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Mood

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The pervading impression made on the feelings of the reader

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Narration

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An account of events as they happen. Organizes material on the basis of chronological order or pattern, stresses the sequence of events and pacing these events according to the emphasis desired

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech where the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox

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Pacing

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The speed at which a piece of writing moves along. Depends on the balance between summarizing action and representing action in detail

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Parallelism

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The principle of coherent writing requiring the coordinating elements be given the same grammatical form

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Parody

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A work that close,y imitates the style of content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. comedy: parody distorts or exaggerates distinctive features of the original. Ridicule: mimics the work by repeating and borrowing words, phrases, or characteristics in order to illuminate weaknesses in the original

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Personification

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Attributing human qualities to objects, abstractions, or anima,s

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Point of view

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The perspective from which a piece of writing is developed

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Rhetoric

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The art of using persuasive language. The art of analyzing all the choices involving language that a writer, speaker, reader, or listener might make in a situation so that the text becomes meaningful, purposeful, and effective

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Simile

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A figure of speech that implies a similarity between things dissimilar using like or as

Question 25

Slanting

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The characteristic of selecting facts, words, or emphasis to achieve a preconceived intent

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Style

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The way a writer writes. The expression of an authors individuality

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Rhetorical modes

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Describes the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. 4 most common (modes of discourse) exposition, argumentation, description, narration