Introduction to Rhetoric
Credibility, authenticity, likability, and respect
Ethos
A comparison between two things using like or as
Simile
Turning a verb or adjective into a noun
Nominalization
Prophesying evil
Ominatio
What college is my undergraduate alma mater?
Bloomsburg University
The meaning of a word that changes over time
Connotation
A lack of emphasis in a statement or point
Understatement/Meiosis
The repetition of words inverted to show a contrast
Antimetabole
A series of claims that build upon one another
Sorites
If I'm a Pisces, in what month is my birthday?
February
Antiquated or outdated language
Archaic language
A figure of speech that combines two contradictory words
Oxymoron
Deliberate use of conjunctions, often more than what is grammatically necessary
Polysyndeton
A commandment or urging to move one's consent or desire
Adhortatio
What is my favorite rhetorical devices?
Zeugma
A particular tendency, trend, inclination feeling or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned
Bias
Repetition of words at the end of successive clauses
Epistrophe
A device in which the last word or phrase of one clause, sentence, or line is repeated at the start of the next.
Anadiplosis
Conceding a weaker point in order to make a stronger one
Paromologia
What is one job I had as a teenager?
I worked as a farmhand
I worked as a waitress in an Italian restaurant
The need or demand that inspires a piece of writing
Kairos/Exigence
Saying the same thing twice in different words; generally considered to be a fault of style.
Ex. They were all there together.
Tautology
A technique when one sense is used to describe another (usually through metaphor)
Synaesthesia
Neologism
What is the name of at least one of my children?
Grant and Margo