Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

A brief story or tale

A brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object that the audience should be familiar with

Comparison of two things that are alike in some respects

<p>Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A comparison between two unlike things, where the comparison extends for an extended time</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emotional appeal</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Logical appeal</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Appeal to authority or ethics</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sensory details in a work; use of figurative language to evoke a feeling</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The person(s) reached by a piece of writing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>What is implied by a word or the feelings associated with a word</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Techniques writers use for argumentative/persuasive writing and speaking</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A comparison using 'like' or 'as'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The action of repeating something that has already been said or written</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman objects or abstract qualities</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A word that imitates the sound it represents</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The reason the author has for writing (inform, persuade, express, &amp; entertain)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expressing the same idea in different words to clarify and stress key points</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A writer's or speaker's choice of words</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it</p> Signup and view all the answers