Rhetorical terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allusion | informal reference to a famous person or even |
| analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity |
| anecdote | short tale told by a character in a literary work |
| apostrophe | interrupts the discussion and addresses a person or personified thing, either present or absent |
| cacophony | unpleasant combination of sounds |
| euphony | pleasant combination of sounds |
| chiasmus | reverse parallelism |
| cumulative or loose sentence | One in which the subordinate elements come at the end to call attention to them |
| periodic sentence | Presents the main clause at the end of the sentence, for emphasis |
| inductive reasoning | reasoning from detailed facts to general principles |
| deductive reasoning | reasoning from the general to the particular |
| ellipses | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods |
| enthymeme | an informally-stated syllogism which omits either one of the premises or the conclusion |
| syllogism | deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises |
| euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |
| idiom | an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up |
| onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
| oxymoron | a figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms |
| paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
| exigence | the main idea (argument) that moves the writer to try and move the audience |
| logos | appeal to reason, logic |
| ethos | appeal to the credibility of the writer |
| pathos | appeal to emotions or interests of audience |
| syntax | refers to the way words are arranged in a sentence |
| diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words |
| inference type of question | you have to read between the lines to determine information that is hinted at but not explicitly said |
| paraphrasing question | you have to understand the main idea of a phrase, paragraph, or the entire passage |
| structure of the whole/rhetorical purpose | you need to know how the piece is put together and find patterns |
| syntax or grammar question | you need to know how sentences are constructed and the grammar used |
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