Julius Caesar New Vocab Terms

Loaded Words

words that convey strong emotion, such as “loyalty” and “trust.”

Bandwagon Fallacy

the idea that your position must be true because everyone already agrees with you

Testimonial Appeal

stating that one has the support of several important people

Repetition

the drilling into people’s minds of certain words or phrases that you want the crowd to remember

Paralipsis

the act of claiming that you will not discuss something that you actually intend to discuss

Aposiopesis

the act of pretending to break down or of being unable to continue due to strong emotion

Rhetorical Question

asked for effect rather than from a desire for an answer

Chiasmus

A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed

Self-deprecation

a form of speech in which a speaker makes jokes or belittling remarks about himself, his shortcomings, or his culture to gain sympathy from the audience

Verbal Irony

to say one thing and mean something else

Parallelism

Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Antithesis

Sharply contrasting ideas are paired or juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure

Apostrophe

a literary device in which the speaker addresses either an absent person or a non-human object, idea, or being