Repetition of a word or group of words in successive clauses
What is anaphora
100
a more acceptable pleasant way of saying something
What is ephemism?
100
Stating a conclusion that doesn't follow from one or both premises
What is non sequitur?
100
Harsh sounds to achieve a particular effect
What is cacophony?
100
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Tone
Subject
What is Soapstone?
200
A figure of speech in which consonants, especially at the beginning of words, or stressed syllables are repeated
What is alliteration
200
Those elements that help create coherece in a written piece
What is connective tissue?
200
supplying neat and easy explanations for large and complicated phenomena
What is oversimplification?
200
A reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses
What is chiasmus?
200
The SOUND of a writer's style
What is Voice?
300
Contrasting ideas sharpened by the use of opposites or noticably different meanings
What is antithesis
300
figure of speech in which a representataive term is used for a larger idea
ie. The pen is mightier than the sword
What is metonymy?
300
attacking a person's view by attacking his or her character
What is argument ad hominem
300
Word, phrase or expression used in every day speech and writing; plain and relaxed
What is colloquialism?
300
Author's attitude toward his subject; determined by diction and syntax usually
What is Tone?
400
repetition of similar vowel sounds
What is assonance?
400
The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another.
What is pacing?
400
taking for granted from the start what you set out to demonstrate. When you reason in a logical way, you state that abecause something is true, then, as a result, some other truth follows
What is Begging the question
400
language or manner of speaking peculiar to an indiviudal or class or region
What is dialect?
400
Pathos, Ethos, Logos
What is Rhetorical Appeals used in Argument?
500
A rhetorical device where conjunctions, ariticles and even pronouns are omitted for the sake of speed and economy
What is asyndeton?
500
the opposite of exaggeration
What is understatement?
500
"after this, therefore because of this"
Assuming that because B follows A, B was caused by A
What is Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
500
A figure of speech where a part of something stands for the whole ie. all hands on deck
What is synecdoche?
500
Format of a formal argument that consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion