Rhetorical Techniques Flashcards
(90 cards)
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Metaphor
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Comparison that doesn’t use like or as
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Implied Metaphor
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Metaphor not stated explicitly but through details
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Simile
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Comparison that uses like or as
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Personification
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Attributing human characteristics to non-human things
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Oxymoron
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Opposite words placed together
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Paradox
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A statement that has juxtaposes opposites
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration
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Metonymy
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Something referred to by something associated with it
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Synecdoche
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A whole referred to by a part
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Concrete Language
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Language that describes observable things
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Abstract Language
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Represents abstract ideas or thoughts
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Denotation
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Dictionary definition
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Connotation
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Implied meanings of words
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Colloquial
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Too ordinary or too familiar language
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Vernacular
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Plain everyday speech
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Anglo-Saxon diction
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Words that don’t have a root
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Latinate Diction
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Words from Latin or Greek words
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Parallelism
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Lists
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Anadiplosis
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Repetition in last and first word (dip)
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Anaphora
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Repetition at the beginning
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Epistrophe
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Repetition at the end
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Antimetabole
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Repetition in reverse grammatical order
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Simple Sentence
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One independent clause
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Compound Sentence
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Two or more independent clauses
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Complex Sentence
One or more dependent clauses and one or more independent clauses
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Compound/ Complex Sentence
Two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
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Coordination
Combining things with FANBOYS
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Subordination
Using subordinate conjunctions
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Parenthetical Idea
An aside set off by parenthesis
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Cliche
Overused expression
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Collocation/ Idiom
Familiar grouping of words
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Pun
Play on words
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Double Entendre
Figure of speech with double meaning
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Antanaclasis
Words that sound identical but have different meanings
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Antistasis
Words that sound identical but have different meanings
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Paranomasia
Words that sound kind of alike but are different in meaning
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Syllepsis
A word used differently in relation to two other words it governs or modifies.
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Gerund
Verb ending in ing used as a noun
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Infinitive
Verb preceded by "to"
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Split Infinitives
Infinitive interrupted
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Agreement
subject/verb agreement pronoun/ antecedent agreement
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Accumulation
List of points
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Auxesis
Ascension of points in importance
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Inversion
Language takes a sudden turn usually an interruption
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Hyperbaton
Disruption or inversion of customary word order
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Allegory
An extended metaphor
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Allusion
A reference
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Enthymeme
Logical reasoning with one premise left unstated
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Syllogism
Logical reasoning
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Anecdote
A brief narrative
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Anachronism
Incorporation of an event, scene, or person who dos not correspond with the time period portrayed in the work
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Symbol/symbolism
Anything that represents or stands for something else
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Understatement
Ironic minimizing of fact
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Analogy
A comparison to a directly parallel case
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Jargon
The specialized vocabulary of a particular group
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Adage
A saying or proverb
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Aphorism
A saying or proverb
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Epistle/Epistolary
A poem or other literary work in the form of a letter or series of letters
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Epigraph
A quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work
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Homily
Serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice
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Eulogy
A formal expression of praise for someone who has recently died
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Asyndeton
The omission of conjunctions
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Anthimeria
The substitution of one part of speech for another; Verbing
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Juxtaposition
Placing things side by side for comparison
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Antithesis
The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
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Apology
An elaborate statement justifying some controversial position
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Synesthesia
To present ideas so that they appeal to more than one senses
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Appositive
Renames
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Epithet
A word or phrase adding a characteristic to a person's name "Richard the Lion Heart"
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Antonomasia
Substitution of a title, epithet, or descriptive name for a proper name "Casanova"
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Invective
Swear words
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Dysphemism
Substitution for something offensive with something more offensive (opposite of Euphemism)
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Cacophemism
Substitution for something offensive with something more offensive (opposite of Euphemism)
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Euphemism
Lessening the impact of something
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Irony
Writing or speaking that implies the contrary
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Verbal Irony
When you something but mean the opposite
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Antiphrasis
When you say something but mean the opposite
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Sarcasm
A bitter ironic comment
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Dramatic Irony
When the audience knows something the characters don't
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Situational Irony
Something in a plot that turns out the opposite of what is expected
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Accismus
When someone pretends indifference and refuses something while actually wanting it
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Parody
Imitation of a serious specific work
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Satire
Critique of an element of life
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Polysyndeton
Uses a series of conjunctions
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Subject Compliment
Word that follows a linking verb
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Predicate Adjective
Adjective that follows linking term and describes the subject
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Predicate Nominative
Follows a linking term and names the subject
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Undertone
Feeling that lies underneath the surface of a piece
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Loose Sentence
Gives it all up at the beginning
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Periodic sentence
Central meaning at end
