Definition
to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer, usually in question form
Rhetorical Question
"The white house in all his glory, and fancy suit, stood before me."
Asyndeton
____ uses deliberate use of conjunctions to slow down the pace of a writing, while ___ does not use conjunctions to be more direct.
Polysyndeton, Asyndeton
Killing two birds with one stone
Idiom
repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a sentence and clauses
Epistrophe
formal words or expressions that is more suitable for use in speech then in writing.
Colloquialism
"Look around you! Look at the people who have gathered here today! Look at what they are wearing, it is not much different than you! We are all the same." This is an example of...
Anaphora
____ is used to make a statement seem less harsh, while ____ is used to dance around a certain subject.
Euphemism, Circumlocution
"America, I address you all here today to discuss the elephant that is all around us. The need for better education for all." This is an example of...
colloquialism
"She was so made I could see the red on her face, purple in her veins, the way her eyes popped out at me."
Asyndeton
is a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept
Metonymy
The statement above this lies"
This is an example of...
Paradox
____is an invented relationship between the syntactic element or parallel phase, while ____ is the use of word repetition in sentence and agree in both grammar and meaning.
Chiasmus, Parallelism
"It is easy to forgive. Its is not easy to forget"
antithesis
putting two or more ideas close together or side by side often to compare and contrast
Juxtaposition
a statement that goes against itself and defies logic
Paradox
"That light was so bright! It was like I was looking at the sun during the solar eclipse a few years ago. I was blind!" This is an example of...
anecdote
____ uses more person examples when supporting an idea, while___ uses more formal and factual examples to support. Both use examples to clarify a point the speaker is trying to make.
Anecdote, Exemplification
"My heart stopped beating when I saw that kid fall from the tree" This is an example of...
Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Synecdoche
an invented relationship between the syntactic element or parallel phrase
"A heart takes a while to heal. But a heart will eventually heal."
Parallelism
____ replaces a word that it is associated with, making a connection, while ___ uses words to compare ideas
Metonymy, Metaphore
aphorism
is the expansion of a statement narrative for rhetorical purposes
amplification