rherorical terms

Satire

Humor that criticizes weakness or wrongdoing

Parody

A literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule

Theme

A subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation

Modes of development

Writers structure and present information to effectively communicate their ideas

Classification

Systematic arrangement in groups or categories according to established criteria

Definition

Statement of the meaning of a word

Exemplification

The act or process of exemplifying(show or illustrate by example)

cause and effect

Direct relationship between an action or event and its consequence or result

Process analysis

Systematic examination of each step in a process to understand how it works, identify inefficiencies, and improve overall performance

Description

Spoken or written representation or account of a person object or event

Narration

Act or process of telling a story in detail

Parallelism

Repeated syntactical similarities introduced for rhetorical effect

Anaphora

Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect

Epiphora

Watering of the eyes due to excessive secretion of tears or to obstruction of the lacrimal passages

Antithesis

Rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences

Litotes

Understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary

Apostrophe

Addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically

Allusion

Implied or indirect reference

Expletive

Oath or swear word

Onomatopoeia

Naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it; creation of words that imitate natural sounds

Zeugma

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

Allegory

Expression of truths or generalizations about human existence by means of symbolic figures and actions

Juxtaposition

Act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compete or contrast or to create an interesting effect

Anadiplosis

Repetition of a prominent and usually the last word in one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next

Euphemism

Substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive word or expression for one that is harsh, indelicate, or otherwise unpleasant or taboo

Asyndeton

Omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses

Polysyndeton

Repetition of conjunctions in close succession