Rhetorical Strategies- 2

Question 1

canon

Answer 1

traditional elements of rhetorical composition- invention, arrangement, style, memory, or delivery

Question 2

casuitry

Answer 2

mental exercise to discover possibilities for analysis of communication

Question 3

dramatic narration

Answer 3

reader does not have access to the unspoken thoughts of any character

Question 4

metonymy

Answer 4

word or phrase is substituted for a closely associated word or phrase

Question 5

tautology

Answer 5

group of words that repeats the meaning already conveyed (If you don’t get better, you won’t improve)

Question 6

trope

Answer 6

an artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts or ideas (pun, metonymy)

Question 7

chiasmus

Answer 7

sentence structure (part of speech) is reversed

Question 8

isocolon

Answer 8

parallel elements that are similar in structure and length

Question 9

anastrophe

Answer 9

adjective or noun comes first

Question 10

paralipsis/ apophasis

Answer 10

irony in which one proposes to pass over a matter but subtly reveals it

Question 11

peroration

Answer 11

part of a speech where the speaker draw together the entire argument

Question 12

syllogism

Answer 12

logical reasoning from inarguable premises

Question 13

synecdoche

Answer 13

part of something used to refer to the whole (the hired hands are not doing their jobs)

Question 14

verisimiltude

Answer 14

quality of a text that reflects the truth of actual experience

Question 15

zeugma

Answer 15

• a noun governs two other words not related in meaning (he governs his will and kingdom)
• leaving out the verb, but grammatically correct