rhetorical terms for dally's class
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| 177724540 | Syntax | grammatical organization of words in a sentence | |
| 177724541 | Synthesis | combining parts into a whole | |
| 177724542 | Theme | unifying idea that is recurrent through a literary work | |
| 177724543 | understatement | opposite of exaggeration | |
| 177724544 | cacophony | displeasing sound | |
| 177724545 | imagery | ability to form mental images | |
| 177724546 | inference | reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion based on evidence | |
| 177724547 | irony | what might be expected and what actually happens | |
| 177724548 | symploce | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and at the end of successive clauses | |
| 177724549 | symbol | something visible that represents something else | |
| 177724550 | syllogism | deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises | |
| 177724551 | balance | be in equilibrium | |
| 177724552 | rhetorical question | a question not meant to have a n answer | |
| 177724553 | reductio ad absurdum | disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd | |
| 177724554 | procatalepsis | anticipating an objection and answering it | |
| 177724555 | polysyndeton | using several conjunctions in close succession | |
| 177724556 | personification | giving human qualities to an object | |
| 177724557 | pathos | ejecting pity or sorrow from the audience | |
| 177724558 | parody | mocking of an original work | |
| 177724559 | parataxis | writing successive independent clauses with coordination conjunctions or no conjunctions | |
| 177724560 | parallelism | repetition of similar grammatical patterns | |
| 177724561 | parable | a story that teaches a lesson | |
| 177724562 | oxymornon | conjoining contradictory terms | |
| 177724563 | onomatopoeia | repetition of sounds | |
| 177724564 | motif | design that consists of recurring shapes or colors | |
| 177724565 | metonymy | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself | |
| 177724566 | hypophora | raising a question then proceeding to answer it | |
| 177724567 | hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | |
| 177724568 | hyperbaton | arrangement of words in an unusual order | |
| 177724569 | exemplum | example, model | |
| 177724570 | euphony | any agreeable sound | |
| 177724571 | euphemism | inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive | |
| 177724572 | eponym | name derived from the name of a person (EX:city of Alexandria) | |
| 177724573 | epithet | defamatory or abusive word or phrase | |
| 177724574 | allegory | expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances | |
| 177724575 | ad hominem | attack on a person rather than the subject | |
| 177724576 | abstract | concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | |
| 177724577 | argument | fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | |
| 177724578 | apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person | |
| 177724579 | aporia | expression of doubt by which a speaker appears uncertain as to what he should think | |
| 177724580 | antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | |
| 177724581 | antecedent | a preceding occurrence or cause or event | |
| 177724582 | antanagoge | placing a good point or benefit next to a fault, criticism, or problem, in order to reduce the impact or significance of the negative point | |
| 177724583 | anecdote | short account of an incident | |
| 177724584 | anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of a successive clauses | |
| 177724585 | logical fallacy | a mistake in reasoning | |
| 177724586 | setting | where the story takes place | |
| 177724587 | attitude | position or arrangement of the body and its limbs | |
| 177724588 | asyndeton | construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | |
| 177724589 | sententia | opinion | |
| 177724590 | sarcasm/satire | witty language used to convey insults or scorn | |
| 177724591 | analogy | drawing comparisons in order to show a similar in some respect | |
| 177724592 | anadipolsis | repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next | |
| 177724593 | amplification | clarifying detail | |
| 177724594 | allusion | reference or indirect mention | |
| 177724595 | alliteration | repetition of sounds of the beginning of consecutive words | |
| 177724596 | epistrophe | repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences or verses | |
| 177724597 | epigraph | quote at the beginning of a sentence | |
| 177724598 | enumeration | act of counting | |
| 177724599 | distinctio | explicit reference to a particular meaning of a word | |
| 177724600 | didactic | instructive | |
| 177724601 | diction | word choice | |
| 177724602 | denotation | most specific meaning of a word or expression | |
| 177724603 | connotation | idea that is implied or suggested | |
| 177724604 | conflict | hostile meeting of opposing forces | |
| 177724605 | conduplicato | repetition of key words in a sentence | |
| 177724606 | allegory | expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe a subject by suggestive resemblances | |
| 177724607 | colloquial | common language | |
| 177724608 | climax | decisive moment in a novel or play | |
| 177724609 | induction | using detailed facts to make general principles | |
| 177724610 | litotes | understatement for rhetorical effect | |
| 177724611 | chiasmus | inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | |
| 177724612 | zeugma | use of a word to govern two or more words though it is only appropriate to one noun | |
| 177724613 | metabasis | brief summary of what has been said and what will follow | |
| 177724614 | synecdoche | substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one |
