Rhetoric Vocab
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FishTetris on December 6, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning or consecutive words or syllables |
| Allusion | an indirect reference, often to another text or historical event |
| Analogy | An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things |
| Anaphora | The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses |
| Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event |
| Annotation | Explanatory or critical notes added to a text |
| Antecedent | The noun to which a later pronoun refers |
| Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast |
| Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas |
| Aphorism | A short, astute statement of a general truth |
| Appositive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun |
| Archaic Diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language |
| Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence |
| Aristotelian Triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience |
| Assertion | An emphatic statement; declaration- when supported by evidence, it becomes and argument |
| Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof |
| Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses |
| Attitude | The speaker's position on a subject as revealed by his or her tone |
| Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed |
| Authority | A reliable, respectable source- someone with knowledge |
| Bias | Prejudice or predisposition towards one side of a subject or issue |
| Cite | Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source |
| Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence |
| Close Reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text |
| Colloquialism | An informal or conversational use of language |
| Common Ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions |
| Complex Sentence | A sentence including one dependent and one independent clause |
| Concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding |
| Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning |
| Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning |
| Coordination | Grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence, often through a coordinating conjunction such as and or but |
| Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument |
| Credible | Worthy of belief; trustworthy |
| Cumulative Sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail |
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