Rhetoric Definitions 1
Ethos, pathos, logos
Rhetoric Definitions 2
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Pop Culture
100
A direct, or indirect, reference to something which is presumably commonly known
Allusion
100
"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
Ethos
100
What is the underlying, implied meaning of a word or phrase
Connotation
100
"Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more". Brutus in: " Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare
Antithesis
100
"Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing..." -Across the Universe, The Beatles
Onomatopoeia
200
A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite
Litotes
200
"They’ve worked against everything we’ve worked so hard to build, and they don’t care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they’re the enemy, and they won’t stop until we’re all destroyed."
Pathos
200
Writing in praise of a dead person on a headstone
Epitaph
200
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." W. Churchill
Metaphor
200
"All that glitters is gold; only shooting stars break the mold -All Star, Smash Mouth
Personification
300
When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast.
Juxtaposition
300
"You will never be satisfied in life if you don’t seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years yearning to know what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?"
Pathos
300
sermon, but more contemporary
Homily
300
"Thy kingdom come, thy will be done." The Lord's Prayer
Assonance
300
"My mother was a tailor; she sewed your new blue jeans; my father was a gambling man down in New Orleans." - House of the Rising Sun, The Animals
Parallelism
400
The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words
Semantics
400
"If my age doesn’t convince you that my opinion matters, at least consider that I am your grandfather and I love you dearly."
Ethos
400
figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements
Oxymoron
400
Let us go then, you and I, While the evening is spread out against the sky, Like a patient etherized upon a table" T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Simile
400
"Life goes on; It gets so heavy; The wheel breaks the butterfly; Every tear, a waterfall" -Paradise, Coldplay
Hyperbole
500
What is an aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others
Polemic
500
"History has shown time and again that absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Logos
500
syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second
Chaismus **Bonus 200 points if you can give an example**
500
"Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man." Shakespeare's Mark Antony in "Julius Caesar"
Irony
500
"Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe" -We Didn't Start the Fire, Billy Joel
Allusion **Bonus 200 points if you can explain at least two of the allusions**
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