LD 1
Appeal to creditability
Ethos
"That was a beautiful time, a very beautiful time."
-Not anaphora
- Not repetition
Diacope
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole
Synecdoche
Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful.
Cynical
Anxious
Angst
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair"
- Not paradox
Chiasmus
"She gave a loud whisper..."
Oxymoron
General ideas to specific conclusions.
Deductive reasoning
Self-centered
Egotistical
Precise; meticulous
Pedantic
"You aren't poor, you are economically disadvantaged."
Euphemism
When the audience knows more than the character.
Dramatic irony
"Theology is a fortress"
Metaphor
Gullible; a readiness to believe things.
Strict in manner; stern.
Austere
"Pontius Pilate! God will not let you wash your hands of this!"
Allusion
"After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born, we live a little while, we die.”
Hypophora
"From West Egg came the Poles and the Mulereadys and Cecil Roebuck and Cecil Schoen..."
-Not enumeratio
Polysyndeton
assuming power or authority; arrogant.
Imperious
Treating serious issue with inappropriate humor; flippant.
"The strength of America's response, please understand, flows from the principles upon which we stand."
Expletive
A temporary departure from the main subject.
Digression
"The dinner wasn't too bad"
Litotes
"You see, I carry on a little business on the side, a sort of side line...It happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing.”
Clandestine
"All of you have done a wonderful job this year!"
-Not complimentary
Laudatory