Vocabulary
"Good tidings we bring to you and your kin."
Family.
Frequent use of the same words to reinforce concepts.
Repetion.
"In my heart is a Christmas tree farm."
Metaphor
Pathos.
Appeal to emotion.
Pathos.
"Good tidings we bring."
Wishes.
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.
Antithesis.
"And all of the snow is falling... I can make you fall too."
Zeugma.
Logos.
Appeal to logic and reasoning.
"When it seems the magic slipped away, we find it all on Christmas day. Believe in what your heart is saying."
Universal theme.
"Don we now our gay apparel."
To put on.
Repetition of a grammatical structure or arrangement of words to create rhythm and momentum.
Parallelism.
"I was lost before you... Christmas was cold and gray."
Hyberbole
Ethos.
Appeals to ethics or credibility.
"And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy around the world at Christmas time."
Ethos.
"Make the yuletide gay."
Christmas or Christmas season.
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant.
Metonymy.
"And the road not taken looks real good now..."
Allusion.
Universal Theme.
A general idea that can be applied to anyone, regardless of cultural differences or geographic location.
"But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be on your own front door."
Logos.
"Hark the Herald angels sing."
To listen.
A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses.
Zeugma.
"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas."
Metonymy. "White Christmas" stands for snowy weather, which symbolizes a traditional, idyllic holiday season.
Kairos.
Choosing the right time and place to deliver a message to have the most impact.
"It's the most wonderful time of the year."
Kairos.