Vocab 1
Appeal to logic
What is logos?
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
What is an oxymoron?
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
What is personification?
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
the credibility of the speaker
What is ethos?
Appeal to emotion
What is pathos?
the literal meaning of a word
What is denotation?
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
What is diction?
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
What is an allusion?
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
What is an anaphora?
repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause
What is anadiplosis?
A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.
What is bias?
A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect.
What is scheme?
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
What is an analogy?
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
What is juxtaposition?
an artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed; it is the figurative use of a word.
What is a trope?
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.
What is an idiom?
the goal the speaker wants to achieve
What is purpose?
A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text.
What is the Rhetorical Triangle?
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
What is tone?
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
What is syntax?
A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
What is symbolism?