Rhetorical Strategy Terms

34792807	tricolon	any series of three cordinate items
34792808	anaphora	repetition at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses
34792809	asyntedon	deliberate omission of a conjunction
34792810	epistrophe	repetition of words appear at the end
34792811	tetracolon	a succession of four coordinate items
34792812	antithesis	balanced pairing of opposites
34792813	chiasmus	balanced pair of phrases or clauses in which the order of the elements in the first pair is reversed in the second pair
34792814	oxymoron	the juxtaposition of two normally incompatible words; two word paradox
34792815	polysnydeton	the use of more conjunctions than is normal
34792816	pun	a word used in two senses simultaneously, usually one literal and one figurative
34792817	synchises	balanced pair of phrases or clauses in which the order of the first pair is repeated in the second pair
34792818	tautology	the repetition of an idea in two words that are nearly synonymous
34792819	zeugma	the use of a single word to refer to or to describe two different words in a sentence resulting in two different meanings
34982075	rhetoric	the study of efffective, persuasive language use; "available means of persuasion"
34982076	audience	one's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed
34982077	context	the occasion or the time and place it was written or spoken
34982078	purpose	one's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing
34982079	bias	prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue
34982080	speaker	author, speaker, or person whoe perspective is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing
34982081	rhetorical (Aristotelian) triangle	interaction among subject, speaker and audience and how this interaction determines the structure and language of the arguement
34982082	subject	the topic addressed in a piece of writing
34982083	persona	the character the speaker creates when he or she writes or speaks
34982084	ethos	appeal to character of a person
34982085	logos	appeal to logic
34982086	assumption	underlying belief
34982087	counterarguement	to anticipate objections or opposing views
34982088	tone	speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience
34982089	pathos	appeals to emotion
34982090	polemical	an arguement against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics or religion
34982091	close reading	analysis of a text
34982092	colloquialisms	an informal or conversationial use of language
34982093	diction	word choice
34982094	syntax	sentence structure
34982095	trope	artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech
34982096	scheme	artful syntax
34982097	annotation	explanatory or critical notes added to a text
34982098	imagery	vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses
34982099	dialectical journal	a double-column journal in which one writes a quotation in one colun and reflections on that quotation in the other column
34982100	archaic diction	old-fashioned or outdated choice of words
34982101	complex sentence	sentence that contains a subordinate clause
34982102	declarative sentence	make statements
34982103	hortative sentence	language that urges or calls to action
34982104	imperative sentence	sentence used to command, enjoin, implore or entreat
34982105	antimetabole	repetition of words in reverse order
34982106	alliteration	repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence
34982107	allusion	brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictious, or to a work of art
34982108	cumulative sentence	sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence, and then builds and adds on
34982109	inversion	inverted order of words in a sentence
34982110	juxtaposition	placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisions or contrasts
34982111	metaphor	figure of speech that says on thing is another in order to explain by comparison
34982112	parallelism	similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases or clauses
34982113	periodic sentence	sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
34982114	personification	attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea
34982115	rhetorical question	figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer