Group 3 Rhetorical Terms

Extended Metaphor

A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

Figurative Language

Language in which figures of speech (such as metaphors, similes, and hyperbole) freely occur.

Flashback

A writing technique used to alter time in order to convey a past event or significant occurrence.

Foreshadowing

A writing technique used to subtly suggest or indicate something ahead of time in a text.

Genre

A category of artistic composition, as in film or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content.

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Idiom

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole

Imagery

Writing about objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our five physical senses.

Irony

The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.

Jargon

The specialized language of a professional, occupational, or other group, often meaningless to outsiders.

Juxtaposition

A writer's side by side placement of two descriptions, ideas, characters, actions, or events in a text.

Logos

An appeal to logic or reason.

Metaphor

A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar.

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

Mood

The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. Setting, tone, and events can affect the mood.