This is the definition of rhetoric.
Rhetoric: "the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques."
This is typically described as "a roughly made model of a particular person, made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger."
Effigy
This describes "a person who is fond of or greatly admires England or Britain."
Anglophile
This term defines "an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property."
Conflagration
This means "a harsh discordant mixture of sounds."
Cacophony
This means "the ability to achieve an end goal with little to no waste, effort, or energy.
Efficiency
This word means "exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action."
Impunity
This describes an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Connotation
This word means "a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting."
Truism
This means to cause something to become smaller or less intense.
Abated
This means "large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful".
Copious
This means "store away in hiding or for future use."
Cached
This occurs when "you argue that your conclusion must be true, because there is no evidence against it".
Appeal to Ignorance
This word means "to praise highly: glorify."
Extol
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers", is an example of this rhetorical device.
Polysyndeton
This means "aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake."
Conscious
This means "an opening, hole, or gap".
Aperture
This word means "the state of existing but not yet being developed or manifest; concealment."
Latency
This describes "to raise (a sensitive or difficult subject) for discussion."
Broach
This means "the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication".
Equivocation
This rhetorical device refers to "the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order; for example, 'I know what I like, and I like what I know'."
Antimetabole
This term is used to describe "using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance".
Parallel Structure
This means "extremely happy and excited, often because something has happened or been achieved."
Elated
This is an "adjective used to describe an aspect of the environment that surrounds you, but in a mellow way, like music played softly throughout a restaurant, or the ambient orange glow during a setting sun".
Ambient
This means "a provision for an unforeseen event or circumstance."
Contingency
This word means "overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with."
Inundated
This word means "prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove."
Refute
This refers to a "viewpoint or approach that is unbiased, impartial, and based on facts and verifiable evidence".
Objective
This term refers to a sentence that "begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause". These phrases or clauses add information to the main or independent clause.
Loose
This word means "inferior, trashy -- mean, despicable -- trivial -- meager, measly."
Paltry
This defines "(of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree".
Abject
This word means "basic, or at a very early stage."
Rudimentary
This word means "feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression".
Despondent
This is the logical fallacy of "making a claim based on a sample size far too small to support the claim".
Hasty Generalization
This is a literary device "in which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters". (i.e. "We know something they don't know~")
Dramatic Irony
This is the name for "the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language".
Syntax
This word has synonyms, such as: "intimidating, alarming, frightening, discouraging".
Daunting
"Being, resembling, or suggestive of a cavern"...my dudes, you HAVE to get this one.
Cavernous
This word can mean "uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted" or "given or done free of charge."
Gratuitous
This means "the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history."
Etymology
This word can mean "(of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience" or "made by chemical combinations, especially to imitate a natural product".
Synthetic
This means "a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud."
Charlatan
This most commonly means "based on the personal perspective or preferences of a person—the subject who's observing something"
Subjective
This means "based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic."
Empirical
This means "looking back on or thinking about past events."
Retrospect
This means "contrary to what one would intuitively expect".
Counterintuitive
This word means "characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance."
Intrepid
This word means "the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander."
Calumny
This word means "characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc."
Strenuous
“Veni, Vidi, Vici," is an example of this rhetorical device.
Asyndeton
This means "remove or take out, especially by effort or force."
Extracted
This is defined as "a thing that causes disgust or hatred."
Abomination
This means "to give off or reflect light in bright beams or flashes -- sparkle", or "to be brilliant or showy in technique or style."
Coruscated
This word means "to steal (typically things of relatively little value)."
Pilfer
This fallacy occurs when we "argue that the origin of a belief, practice, or idea is a sufficient reason for rejecting (or accepting) it".
Genetic Fallacy
This refers to situations "when the outcome is the opposite or completely different from what was expected".
Situational Irony
This term means, "the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing."
Diction
This means "having or showing great knowledge or learning."
Erudite
This word means "deserving hatred and contempt."
Despicable
This word means "(especially of something unwelcome or unpleasant) flourishing or spreading unchecked."
Rampant
This word means "able to be overcome; manageable."
Surmountable
This word describes "when anything solid turns into a gas without first becoming liquid." For example: When the surface layer of snow or ice turns into fog or steam without melting.
Sublimation
This word means "persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired."
Tenacious
"That’s one small step for a man – one giant leap for mankind" is an example of this rhetorical device.
Antithesis
This means "the act of breaking up and scattering or spreading widely".
Dissipation
This means "promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable; favored by fortune; prosperous."
Auspicious
This word means "(of an atmosphere or event) friendly, lively, and enjoyable." or "(of a person) cheerful and friendly; jovial."
Convivial
This word means "a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one."
Allegory
This word means "an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information."
Conjecture
Saying something different than what is meant, is done intentionally by the speaker with the hope that either the listener or the audience recognizes the presence of irony.
Verbal Irony
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender”, is an example of this rhetorical device.
Anaphora
This word means "not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something."
Incongruous
This means "bent outward with the joint away from the body."
Akimbo
This means "(of the forehead or face) marked with lines or wrinkles."
Furrowed
This word means "make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition."
Predisposed
This word means "a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society."
Misanthrope
This word means "grimly mocking or cynical."
Sardonic
This refers to "a usually complex sentence that has no subordinate or trailing elements following its principal clause" (as in "Yesterday while I was walking down the street, I saw him")
Periodic Sentence
This word means "(of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something."
Incredulous
This means "outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted. antiquated ideas".
Antiquated
This word means "excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking."
Fastidious
This word means "unchanging over time or unable to be changed."
Immutable
This word means "to refuse to accept. especially: to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force."
Repudiate
This word means "do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity."
Deign