Mat-Rhetorical Terms

300929802	alliteration	use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
300929803	allusion	a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
300929804	anadiplosis	repeating the last word of a clause at the beginning of the next, e.g. Nietzsche said, "Talent is adornment; an adornment is also a concealment."
300929805	anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses
300929806	antimetabole	Repitition of words in succussive clauses in reverse grammatical order ("You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.")
300929807	Anglo- saxon diction	Word choice characterized by simple, often one- or two-syllable nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.
300929808	antithesis	the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
300929809	appositive	A word or phrase that follow a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity
300929810	assonance	the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
300929811	asyndenton	a style in which conjunctions are omitted, usually producing a fast-paced, more rapid prose; ex: Caesar's famous lines, "I came, I saw, I conquered"
300929812	climax	arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in order to increase number or importance
300929813	connotation	refers to the implied or suggested meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition
300929814	denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color
300929815	diction	the author's choice of words that creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning
300929816	double entendre	the double (or multiple) meanings of a group of words that the speaker or writer has purposely left ambiguous
300929817	ellipsis	the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced for the context ("Some people prefer cats; others, dogs.")
300929818	epistrophe	the repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses
300929819	euphemism	a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. "He went to his final reward" for "he died."
300929820	hyperbole	an exaggeration for effect
300929821	jargon	the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession
300929822	latinate diction	Vocabulary characterized by the choice of elaborate, often complicated words derived from Latin roots.
300929823	litotes	understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
300929824	metaphor	comparison not using like or as
300929825	metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it ("The pen [writing] is mightier than the sword [war/fighting].")
300929826	oxymoron	conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
300929827	paradox	a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
300929828	parenthesis	an insertion of material that interrupts the typical flow of a sentence
300929829	periphrasis	substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a name, "fickle mistress" for luck, "big man upstairs" for God
300929830	personification	the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
300929831	simile	a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
300929832	synecdoche	Part as representative of the whole. "All hands on deck"
300929833	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis
300929834	verisimilitude	the appearance of truth
300929835	zeugma	use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one