5 Rhetoric vocab terms

Ethos

trust and credibility

Pathos

emotion

Logos

logic and reasoning

Rhetorical situation

context in which communication takes place

Exigence

what causes the speaker to speak out

Voice

author's overall personality

Tone

writer's attitude for that certain text

Lexicon

your entire vocabulary

Diction

choice of words

Active voice

subject performs the action

Passive voice

the action is performed upon the subject

Clause

subject and verb

Independent clause

complete sentence

Dependent clause

not a complete sentence

Parallel structure

repeating pattern in a phrase

Epizeuxis/Palilogia

one word repeated in quick close succession

Anaphora

repetition of words at the start of a sentence

Mesodiplosis

repetition of words at the middle of a sentence

Epiphora

repetition of words at the end of a sentence

Epanalepsis

repetition of words at the beginning and end of a sentence

Chiasmus

ABBA repetition

Anadiplosis

the last word of a sentence repeated at the beginning of the next sentence

Diacope

repetition of a word with other words in between

Epimone

repetition of a word or phrase throughout the whole text

Antanaclasis

repetition of a word but the definition changes each time

Assonance

same vowel sound repeated