Vocabulary terms relating to rhetoric
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| 8154872508 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 0 | |
| 8154872509 | antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 1 | |
| 8154872510 | Apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person | 2 | |
| 8154872511 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 3 | |
| 8154872512 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 4 | |
| 8154872513 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 5 | |
| 8154872514 | Didactic | Intended to teach | 6 | |
| 8154872515 | Distortion | An exaggeration or stretching of the truth to achieve a desired effect. | 7 | |
| 8154872516 | Inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject. | 8 | |
| 8154872517 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 9 | |
| 8154872518 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 10 | |
| 8154872519 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 11 | |
| 8154872520 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 12 | |
| 8154872521 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 13 | |
| 8154872522 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 14 | |
| 8154872523 | shift | a change in tone or attitude; key words include "but," "however," "even though," "although," "yet" | 15 | |
| 8154872524 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 16 |
