Rhetoric 1
This is the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to sonsonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables. "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."
What is an alliteration?
Associated with a dry, pompous presentation, regardless of its innate value to the reader.
What is didactic?
This is the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.
What is irony?
This is the feeling or ambience resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the author's attitude
What is mood?
This is the attitude the writer takes toward a subject and theme.
What is tone?
This is a literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure.
What is a satire?
This is a term identifying the diction of the common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area.
What is colloquial?
A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference.
What is allusion?
The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balances or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas. For example, "To err is human, to sin is divine."
What is antithesis?
This is a narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrate multiple levels of meaning and significance.
What is allegory?
This is a comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature in particular, an extended metaphor within a poem.
What is conceit?
The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels, such as pitter-patter, splish-splash.
What is consonance?
This is a syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose.
What is asyndeton?
This is a type or class of literature, such as epic, narrative, poetry, etc..
What is genre?
This is when an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration.
What is flashback?
This is a mode of discourse that tells a story of some sort and it is based on sequence of connected events, usually presented in a straightforward, chronological framework.
What is narrative?
This is a sermon, but more contemporary uses include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual life.
What is homily?
This is a long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases; for example, "The child ran, frenzied and ignoring all hazards, as if being chased by demons."
What is a loose sentence?
This is a parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length. For example, "Many are called, but few are chosen."
What is isocolon?
This is a grammatically correct construction in which a word, usually a verb or adjective, is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated. Example "The thief took my wallet and the Fifth Ave. Bus."
What is zeugma?
The repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences. For example: "If women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work... their familes will flourish." (Hillary CLinton)
What is epistrophe?