Ethos, Pathos, Logos & Rhetorical Devices

Alliteration

Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of several words in a sequence

Allegory

A story/poem/picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

Anaphora

Repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Antistrophe

Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses

Antithesis (?)

Opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction

Aphorism (?)

A pithy observation that contains a general truth. "If it ain't broke don't fix it."

colloquialism (?)

the use of slang or informalitiles in speech or wiritng. Not accceptable for formal writing.

Connotation vs. Denotation

Connotation: A words implied meaning

Dennotation: A words literal meaning

Child vs. Child & Home vs. Home

Diction (?)

Related to style, refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to corectness, clearness or effectigveness. EX: Concrete, abstract, formal, informal

Euphemism

A substitution of agreeable or atleast non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be unpleasant. EX: Passed away instead of died

Hyperbole

Exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect his brain is the size of a pea.

Imagery

Sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion or represent abstractions.

Metaphor

Implied comparison achieved through a figurative use of words: the word is used not to its literal sense, but in one analogous to it.

Metonymy (?)

Substitute one word for another whcih it suggests. EX: The pen is mightier than the sword

Synecdoche (?)

Understanding one thing with another: the use of a part for the whole or the whole for the part. EX: The word "sails" is often used to refer to a whole ship

Onomatopoeia

Use of words to imitate natural sounds, accomodation of sound to sense. EX: Click, mumble

Oxymoron (?)

Paradox acchieved by the juxaposition of words which seems to contradict one another.

Personification

atribution of personality to an impersonal thing. EX: The party died down

Repetition

duplication such as a sound, word, phrase, or clause or grammatical pattern

Similie

a comparison between two things using like or as

Wit (?)

Intellectually amusing language that suprises and delights.