Week 6 Rhetorical Vocab Flashcards
Zeugma
One word to link two thoughts - “She broke his car and his heart”
Satire
ridicules various aspects of pop culture (usually politics) in order to influence change
Rhetorical Question
A question asked for an effect, not for an answer
Simile
A comparison using “like” or “as”
Sonnet
a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization. The name is taken from the Italian sonetto, which means “a little sound or song.”
Strawman
purposefully misinterprets someone’s argument to make it easier to dismiss. Ex: “I think that we should eat less beef” “YOU THINK WE SHOULD ALLLL BE VEGANS??”
Subjectivity
how something is subjective - shaped by personal opinions and feelings
Syllogism
deductive reasoning from a major to minor premise EX: penguins are black and white, and old TV shows were black and white, so therefore all penguins are old TV. EX: All men are mortal. Thom Yorke is a man. Therefore, all men are mortal
Symbolism
the use of an object or an action to represent something else
Synecdoche
using a part of something to represent the whole. EX: he’s been behind bars for years
Syntactic Fluency
The ability to create a variety of sentence structures - both complex and simple to add variation to writing
Syntactic Permutation
sentence structures that are extremely complex and involved.
Syntax
word structure
Theme
universal idea/message of a work
Thesis
the main/controlling idea of a work
