APLANG Rhetoric Vocab #2

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Hyperbole

  1. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect.

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Juxtaposition

  1. a stylistic choice whereby a writer places two ideas/images close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

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Metaphor

  1. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects. When several characteristics of the same object are compared, the device is called an extended metaphor. A metaphor referring to a particular person, place, or thing is called a metaphorical allusion; for example, referring to someone as “a Hercules.”

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Mood

 The emotional time or prevailing atmosphere in a piece of literature or other discourse. In grammar, mood refers to the intent of a particular sentence. The indicative mood is used for statements of fact; subjunctive mood is used to express doubt or a conditional attitude; sentences in the imperative mood give command

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Motif

A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in an essay or other discourse.

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Fallacy

  1.  An incorrect belief or supposition based on faulty data, defective evidence, or false information.

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Figurative Language

In contrast to literal language, figurative language implies meanings. Figures of speech include, among many others, metaphor, simile, and personification.

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Frame

A structure that provides a premise or setting for a narrative or other discourse

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Genre

A term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay.

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Image

  1. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt; imagery is the use of images in speech and writing.

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Narrative

  1. A form of verse or prose (both fiction and nonfiction) that tells a story. A storyteller may use any number of narrative devices, such as skipping back and forth in time, ordering events chronologically, and ordering events to lead up to a suspenseful climax. Also see frame.

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Non sequitur

a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one above.

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Paradox

  1. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true.

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Personification

A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics

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Rebuttal

  1. The part of discourse wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and answered.

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Repetitions

Reuse of the same words, phrases, or ideas for rhetorical effect, usually to emphasize a point.

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Rhetoric

  1. The language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience.

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Rhetorical mode

rhetorical mode A general term that identifies a distinct pattern of writing used to achieve a specific purpose, Modes include exposition (to explain, analyze, or discuss an idea), argumentation (to prove a point or to persuade), description (to recreate or present with details), and narration (to relate an anecdote or story).


Essentially, rhetorical modes are different ways a writer can organize information to convey their message effectively.


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