Rhetorical Terms for Midterm
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| Any repetitition of grammatical structures, phrases or clauses | ||
| A form of parallelism that contrasts opposites | ||
| A type of parallelism with three parallel phrases or clauses. Also known as the rule of three | ||
| The repetition of the same word at the beginning of repeated sentences or clauses | ||
| A question to which the speaker and audience already knwo the answer | ||
| Indirect reference to Biblical, literary, historical, or mythological figures, events, or stories | ||
| Repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginnings veral words in sequence | ||
| Repetition of the same vowel sounds in words close to each other | ||
| Rhetorical repetition of one or several words. specifically, repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next | ||
| Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of succesive clauses | ||
| Expression of doubt by which a speaker appears uncertain as to what she should think, say, or do | ||
| A turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personficied abstraction absent or present | ||
| Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | ||
| Harsh joining of sounds | ||
| A harsh metaphor involving the use of a word beyond its strict sphere | ||
| Two corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels but in inverted order | ||
| Arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in anorder of ascending power | ||
| Substitution of an agreeable or at least a non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be harsh or unpleasant | ||
| Exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect | ||
| Expression of something which is contrary to the intended meaning, the words say one thing but mean another | ||
| Implied comparison | ||
| Repetition of an idea in a different word, phrase, or sentence | ||
| Apparent paradox achieved by the juxtaposition of words which seem to contradict one another | ||
| An assertion seemingly opposed to sommon sense, but that may have some truth | ||
| Attribution of personality to an impersonal thing | ||
| Uss of superficious or redundant words, often enriching thought | ||
| An explicit comparison between two things using like or as | ||
| Use of a word with two others, with each of which is understood differently |