Rhetorical Moves Review

Rhetoric

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

Rhetorical Appeals

The methods used to persuade an audience, including ethos, pathos, and logos.

Central Idea

What the speaker or writer wants listeners to do or think, the main idea of the speech or written work.

Claim

A statement that asserts a point, belief, or truth, often used to persuade or argue a position.

Charged Language

Language that is emotionally loaded and likely to produce a strong emotional response.

Parallelism

The rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences.

Antithesis

The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure.

Anaphora

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.

Analogy

A comparison between two seemingly unlike things that illustrates or clarifies a concept.

Asyndeton

The omission of conjunctions between related clauses, creating a hurried rhythm or vehement effect.

Chiasmus

A rhetorical device in which the order of terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second.

Irony

A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often used for humorous or emphatic effect.

Metonymy

A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated.

Rhetorical Question

A statement made in the form of a question with no expectation of an answer, used to provoke thought or make a point.

Synecdoche

A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or the whole for a part.

Zeugma

The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one.