Rhetorical Terms

Anaphora

repition at the beginning of words or phrases

Diction

specific language used, choice of words

syntax

the study of sentence structure

juxtaposition

placing two or more things next to each other to show contrast

ethos

appeals to character

pathos

appeals to emotion

logos

appeals to logic

anecdote

a short story meant to be captavating or funny

irony

expectation vs reality

tone

attitude of a writing piece

allusion

an indirect reference

rhetorical question

a question asked for effect- no answer is expected

concession

something granted or allowed, a point acknowledged from the other side

parallelism

balance within sentences

imagery

words used to paint a mental image

metaphor

an embodied comparison

smilie

like or as comparison

hypophora

a question asked just to be immediatly answered

satire

the use of humor to criticize

personification

assigning human traits to inanimate things