4814537021 | Rhetoric | The use of language for persuasion | 0 | |
4814543760 | Rhetorical Triangle | relationship among the speaker, subject. & audience | 1 | |
4814546728 | Ethos | refers to the character of a person | 2 | |
4814552935 | Logos | appeals to logic | 3 | |
4814554831 | Pathos | suffering; associated with broader appeals to emotion | 4 | |
4814567038 | Satire (satiric) | ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims argue for something but actually against it | 5 | |
4814587419 | Colloquialisms | informal or conversational use of language | 6 | |
4814588793 | Syntax | sentence structure | 7 | |
4814592461 | Trope | artful diction; language used in a non-literal way; figure of speech | 8 | |
4814598780 | Scheme | a pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect | 9 | |
4814603136 | Parrallelism | repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns | 10 | |
4814631276 | Juxtapositions | placement of 2 things side by side for emphasis | 11 | |
4814639372 | Antitheses | parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 12 | |
4814650265 | Zeugma | use of 2 different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different meanings | 13 | |
4814656514 | Archaic | old-fashioned | 14 | |
4814661704 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases, words, or clauses | 15 | |
4814671134 | Hortative | sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action | 16 | |
4814677525 | Antimetabole | repetition of words in reverse order | 17 | |
4814680356 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 18 | |
4814686102 | Metonymy | using a single feature to represent the whole | 19 | |
4814688732 | Polemic | an argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics. or religion | 20 |
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