Rhetoric devices

Ethos

Creditbility

Pathos

Emotion

Logos

Logic

Kairos

Timeliness

Allegory

Expression by means of fictional characters or generalizations about human existence

Alliteration

Repetition of the same sound

Allusion

A reference to something in previous literature or history

Ambiguity

A word , sentence or , phrase that can be interpreted in more than one way

Analogy

An extended comparison between two things that share some similarity to make a point

Anaphora

Repetition of the same word at the beginning of sentences

Anecdote

A usually short narrative of interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

Antithesis

A rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses or sentences

Chiasmas

Repetition of ideas in inverted order

Connotation

A set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning

Denotation

A literal meaning of a word, the dictionary definition

Diction

A writers choice of words

Epistrophe

Ending a series of lines with the same word or words

Extended metaphor

Differs from a regular metaphor in that several comparisons similar in theme are being made

Hyperbole

Exaggeration

Imagery

Descriptive language that provides vivid images that evoke the senses

Irony

Stating the opposite of what is said or mentioned

Juxtaposition

Placing two or more things side by side for comparison or contrast

Oxymoron

When apparently contradictory terms are grouped together and suggest a paradox

Pacing

The speed in which a price of writing flows

Paradox

Apparently self-contradictory statement

Parallelism

A repetition of sentences using the same grammatical structure

Syntax

The structure of sentences

Tone

Use of stylistic devices that reveal an authors attitude towards a subject