Stylistic / Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
ridiculing an idea
satire
use of informal words / slang
colloquialism
social pressure due to a majority
bandwagon effect
side by side placement of contrasting ideas
juxtaposition
A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature
anecdote
discreet intentional understatement
ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
litotes
reference to another text
intertextuality
use of words related to a particular profession
jargon
an extended metaphor
Allegory / Analogy
provoke attention and excitement at the expense of accuracy - especially in journalism
sensationalism
nice sounding words (long vowels, soft consonants)
euphony
the way in which writers express attitudes towards their subject matter
modality
when descriptions use one sense to describe another
synesthesia
making a feature more prominent by moving it to the front
foregrounding
casual reference
allusion
intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson
didactic
Quote set at the beginning of a literary work or at its divisions to set the tone or suggest a theme.
epigraph
more than one clear meaning, open to interpretation
ambiguity
several words of the same theme/idea
semantic / lexical fields
the meaning of words how we see it and associate it with the deeper meaning
connotations
the authors intentions of the usage of words
pragmatics
a word that sounds like the thing (e.g. bubbles)
onomatopoeia
the occurrence of the same letter or sound beginning on connected words
alliteration
the ending of the word sounding the same
rhyme or rhythm
closing or suddenly releasing air from you mouth because of words
plosives
little pauses between sentences to let the reader think about the text. They are sound.
punctuations
a subtle, suggestive hidden remark or message.
innuendo
double meaning
double entendre
creating permission and influencing the viewer of the media
manufactured consent
spin
a particular emphasis or bias, turing something into your favor
a figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are deliberately used in consecutive phrases or sentences.
• We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
antithesis
a deliberate understatement, i.e. the opposite of hyperbole.
meiosis
