Unit 1/ Vocab 2: Rhetoric and Analysis Flashcards
Asyndeton
Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words; speeds up the flow of a sentence
Oxymoron
A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms (jumbo shrimp)
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
Juxtaposition
Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast; used for emphasis
Diction
The author’s choice of words that create tones, attitude, and style as well as meaning
Inversion
The reversal of the normal order of words
Polysyndeton
Deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted
Alliteration
The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
Synecdoche
Part as representative of the whole
Antithesis
Opposition or contrast of ideas or words; the ideas are balanced by phrase, clause, or paragraphs
Personification
The attribution of human qualities to a nonhuman or inanimate object
Imperative sentence
Sentence used to command or enjoin
Antimetabole
Repetition of words in reverse order
Periodic sentence
Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
Allusion
A reference to another work outside of the present work
Cumulative sentence
Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on
Hortative sentence
Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action
Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike things, not using like or as
Extended metaphor
A sustained comparison, often referred to as a conceit; developed throughout a piece of writing
Parallelism
Similarity in structure and syntax in a series of related words, phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs that develops balance
Zeugma
Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous meanings; a type of a pun where one modifies two or more words, but for different meanings
