Rhetorical Terms

268330070	alliteration	repetition of initial identical consonant sounds or any vowel sounds in successive or closely associated syllables, especially stressed syllables.
268330071	anaphora	one of the devices of repetition in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.
268330072	antithesis	speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas. ie: "Man proposes, God disposes"
268330073	aphorism	a concise statement of a truth or principle
268330074	apostrophe	a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction
268330075	chiasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
268330076	euphemism	a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term
268330077	hyperbole	a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
268330078	irony	the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
268330079	litotes	a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite
268330080	metaphor	a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
268330081	metonymy	substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself
268330082	onomatopoeia	the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
268330083	oxymoron	conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
268330084	paradox	a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
268330085	parallelism	phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other
268330086	personification	the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
268330087	simile	a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds
268330088	syllogism	a three-part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise
268330089	synecdoche	using a general term to describe something specific or vice versa.
268330090	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds
268330091	pun	deliberate confusion of similar words or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humourous or serious
268330092	understatement	figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is