MISC. RHETORICAL DEVICES
ARGUMENTATIVE MOVES
FIGURES OF REPETITION
ARGUMENTATIVE MOVES 2
FIGURES OF PARALLELISM
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This term is a deliberate exaggeration for effect; it sometimes uses figurative language such as a metaphor or simile. Example: "They were like hungry sharks at a feeding frenzy."
What is HYPERBOLE?
100
A mode of writing in which one shows a subject more clearly by pointing out ways that it is similar, or unlike, something else.
What is COMPARE/CONTRAST?
100
This is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in order to emphasize these words. Example: “So dawn goes down to day” (Frost)
What is ALLITERATION?
100
An admission in an argument that the opposing side has points; to grant, allow or yield to a point.
What is a CONCESSION?
100
A series of three parallel clauses. Examples: "We cannot dedicate--we cannot consecrate--we cannot hallow--this ground." / "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
What is TRICOLON?
200
This is a figure of speech wherein a words phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. It can use often figurative language such as personification. Example: "The White House is concerned about terrorism."
What is METONYMY?
200
A mode of writing that that tells a story or relates an event.
What is NARRATION?
200
A poetic device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession. Example: "pitter patter" or in "all mammals named Sam are clammy."
What is CONSONANCE?
200
Opinions stated as facts—the basis of all arguments.
What is an ASSERTION?
200
This is a verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the parts reversed. Example: "Ask not what your country can do for your country but what your country can do for you."
What is a CHIASMUS?
300
A literary (rhetorical) device in which a part of something represents the whole OR a whole represents a part. Example: "All hands on deck."
What is SYNECDOCHE?
300
An assertion about a group or class which implies that every member of this group or class shares a common characteristic.
What is an OVERGENERALIZATION?
300
A rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis. Example: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..." (Dickens)
What is ANAPHORA?
300
A supposed “fact” that is actually never proved.
What is an ASSUMPTION?
300
This is a figure of speech in which one or several conjunctions are omitted from a series of related clauses. Example: "I came, I saw, I conquered."
What is ASYNDETON?
400
A device by which a writer or speaker places two items side by side to create an ironic contrast or effect.
What is JUXTAPOSITON?
400
This verb means "to repeat briefly; to summarize."
What is TO RECAPITULATE?
400
The opposite of anaphora, it refers to a repeating sequence of words at the endings of neighboring clauses. Example: "For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best." (JFK)
What is EPISTROPHE?
400
The entire art of using language to persuade; to make your point seem reasonable and compelling.
What is RHETORIC?
400
The use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some could otherwise be omitted. Example: "Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly—mostly—let them have their whiteness" (Maya Angelou).
What is POLYSYNDETON?
500
A term not commonly used, but describes an interesting and common effect: the use of words that suggest movement, shape, size, texture, etc. It is effective because it seems to mimic the content of the text.
What is MIMESIS?
500
A change or movement in a piece from one point, idea, concept, etc. to another; signaled by words such as ‘but,’ ‘then,’ ‘however,’ etc.
What is a RHETORICAL SHIFT?
500
The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences. Example: "on a proud round cloud in white high night" (e. e. cummings)
What is ASSONANCE?
500
This verb means "to prove an argument wrong."
What is TO REBUT?
500
A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other. Example: “hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.” / "You're the cure, you're the pain..." (Ellie Goulding)
What is ANTITHESIS?
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