Literary and Rhetorical Devices

A complete set of vocabulary flashcards covering literary and rhetorical devices based on the lecture notes.

Anecdote

telling a story in order to prove a point to the audience.

Climax

words that get more exciting as the sentence progresses.

Anaphora

repeating the same words at the begening of a sentence to get a point across.

Juxta position

oppisate ideas being used together.

Implied Metaphor

Comparing items without directly comparing them, instead, it implies it indirectly.

Colloquialisim

un informal word/ phrase used in casual conversation.

Aphorisima

moral / lesson about the world that is the unchallanged truth.

Pun

humourous way of a word with a different meaning of word.

Contingency

a device that connects using if or unless.

Euphemism

you exchange a mean word with a calmer and milder version.

Hyperboleon

Overexaturated statement.

Polgsgdeton

Overuse of (and, or, by) in between words + phrases.

Personification

give innaminate objects Live-like attributes.

Absolutes

Extreme language that leaves no room for debate, to make a point seem more confident.

Ad Hominem

a personal or irrelevent attack on a person.

Allusion

refrences a thing with cultural, political, or historical refrence.

Analogy

Comparrison of 2 things that are similar in some way.

Asyndleton

Conjucting words without and, but, and or.

Concession

adressing oppisition in an argument.

Connotation

feeling, emotions envoked from choice of words.

Double Bind

Speaker gives audience 2 choices with same autcome.

Ethos

an appeal to make speaker seem trustworthy & credible.

Forced Teaming

making an implied connection where there isint one.

Imagery

descriptivel figuartive language used in nonfiction of.

Irony

(verbal) oppisate meaning of what is said (situational) opposticate of what is meant to happen, happens.

Logos

presuade a targeted audience by using reason/logic.

Parallelism

Similar words/ phases are used repeatedly within a literature.

Pathos

life experience or work of art that stirs up emotion (pity, sorrow, etc.).

Rapport

a speaker connects to audience on a personal level.

Rhetorical Question

a question is asked to make a point, not to get an answer.

Rule of 3

a prinople that suggests that 3 related words pheases make the writing more memorable.

Satire

use of humor and joing to ridiculate mindsets in society.

Sytax

the way in which words are placed together.

Tone

the way a Speker expresses their emotions to the reader.

Understatement

to intentionally decrese the severity of a situation.