Rhetorical Terms

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Active Voice

  • subject is doing the verb

  • more direct and is preferred style of writing

  • opposite of passive voice which is the object has the verb being done to it

  • passive voice is overused and causes bland writing


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allusion

  • an indirect reference to something with which the reader is supposed to be familiar


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anecdote

  • story from a personal story

  • brief recounting of an event or episode that is relevant to the point being made

  • used to develop a point or inject some humor


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comic relief

  • humorous scene is inserted to lighten the mood


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diction

word choice and critial aspect of style