Rhetorical analysis (AI Generated bc SHRIVER'S A HYPOCRITE)

Marcus Fabius Quintillianus

A rhetorician and teacher of oratory in Rome known for his work 'On the Training of an Orator'.

Tropes

Figures of speech in which meaning is altered from the usual or expected.

Pun

A humorous play on words that exploits multiple meanings or similar sounds.

Metaphor

An implied comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Simile

An explicit comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Personification

Attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects.

Irony

A rhetorical device where the literal meaning is opposite to the intended meaning.

Hyperbole

Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis.

Litotes

A figure of speech that uses understatement by using a negative to express a positive.

Synecdoche

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

Metonymy

Substituting the name of one object for another closely associated with it.

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.

Paradox

A statement that seems contradictory but reveals a truth.

Onomatopoeia

Words that imitate the natural sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

Rhetorical Question

A question asked for effect, not requiring a response.

Euphemism

A mild or indirect word substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt.

Schemes

Arrangements of ideas, words, or phrases that are stylistically effective.

Parallelism

The use of similar grammatical structures to express related ideas.

Chiasmus

A rhetorical device where the structure of one clause is inverted in the next.

Climax

Arranging ideas in order of importance.

Epanalepsis

Repetition of a word at the end of a clause that occurred at the beginning.

Antithesis

The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.

Epistrophe

Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses.

Zeugma

A figure of speech in which a word applies to multiple parts of the sentence.

Anastrophe

The inversion of the natural order of words for emphasis.

Asyndeton

The omission of conjunctions between parts of a sentence.

Polysyndeton

The use of multiple conjunctions in close succession.

Anaphora

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

Alliteration

The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds within words.

Consonance

The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity.

Periodic Sentence

A sentence that places the main idea at the end, withholding it until that point.

Loose Sentence

A sentence where the main idea comes early, followed by subordinate elements.