Rhetorical Devices
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Litotes | A figure of speech by which an affirmation is made indirectly by denying its opposite, usually with an effect of understatement |
| Parallelism | Arrangement of similarly constructed clauses, sentences, or verse lines in a pairing or other sequence suggesting some correspondence between them |
| Anacoluthon | Grammatical term for a change of construction in a sentence that leaves the initial construction unfinished |
| Antithesis | Contrast or opposition, either rhetorical or philosophical - any disposition of words that serves to emphasize a contrast/opposition of idea, usually by balancing connected clauses with parallel grammatical constructions |
| Chiasmus | Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second |
| Apostrophe | Rhetorical figure in which the speaker addresses a dead or absent person, or an abstraction or inanimate object |
| Ellipses | Omission from a sentence of a word or words that would be required for a complete clarity but which can usually be understood from context |
| Asyndeton | Form of verbal omission/compression which consists of the omission of connecting words (usually conjunctions) between clauses |
| Anaphora | Rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated (usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences |
| Metonymy | Figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of something else closely associated with it |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, the whole for the part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it |
| Zoomorphism | Attributing animal characteristics or qualities to something that is not actually an animal |
| Verisimilitude | Semblance of truth or reality in literary works; or the literary principle that requires consistent illusion to the truth of life |
| Hypophora | A figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the question |
| Rhetorical Question | A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for its persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply |
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