Rhetorical devices- "review"
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rkballerina on October 17, 2010
Subjects:
ap english language & composition
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Peroration | The closing part of an argument, often with a summary and an appeal to pathos |
| Prolepsis | Foreseeing and forestalling objections to an argument. |
| Exuscitatio | An emotional saying that seeks to move an audience to a similar feeling. |
| Exordium | Introductory part of statement where author establishes credibility (ethos) |
| Epiplexis | For asking questions to rebuke or reproach rather than to elicit answer. More broadly; speaker attempts to shame an opponent. |
| Epicrisis | Speaker quotes a passage and comments on it |
| Enthymeme | An informally stated syllogism with an implied premise. |
| Situational Ethos | Proof from character that depends on a rheror's reputation in the community |
| Antirrhesis | Rejecting an argument because of its insignificance, error, or wickedness. A type of refutation |
| Encomium | A tribute or eulogy in prose or verse honoring people, objects, ideas, or events |
| Exigence | What causes or prompts someone to write or speak |
| Hypophora | Stategy where speaker raises a question, then immediatly answers it |
| Invented Ethos | Proofs from character that are created by a speaker are available by virtue of the speaker's position on the issue. |
| Scheme | A deviration from conventional word order |
| Epanalepsis | Repetition at the end of a clause or sentence of the word or phrase with which it began |
| Epimone | Frequent repetition of a phrase or question; dwelling on a point |
| Ploce | Repetition of a word or name with a new or more specific sense |
| Polyptoton | Repetition of words derived from the same root but with different endings |
| Tenor | The underlying idea or principal subject that is the meaning of a metaphor |
| Vehicle | In a metaphor, the figure itself |
| Archaism | Considered extremely old fashioned and long out of common use |
| Epizeuxis | Repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis, usually with no words in between |
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