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Rhetorical Terms Vocabulary

ENG 101 Rhetorical Terms...to start with

Directions: Students must define, provide an example of the following grammatical or rhetorical terms and explain the example in your own words. Once done, students must learn the definitions and examples of each term. Students must create flashcards for study focus.

Please note that you should be looking for the grammatical and rhetorical definitions of the words.

Words of Rhetoric:

Words of Rhetorical Patterns:

Words of Argument:

Rhetorical Fallacies:

Allusion

Anecdote

Antithesis

Aphorism

Circumlocution

Connotation

Denotation

Digression

Epiphany

Epithet

Euphemism

Imagery

Juxtaposition

Metaphor(extended)

Metonymy

Non-sequitur

Oxymoron

Paradox

Parenthesis

Satire

Sardonic

Synecdoche

Understatement

Anaphora

Asyndeton

Parallelism

Polysyndeton

Accommodation

Apology

Authority

Claims/Warrants

Concession

Deduction

Ethos/Ethical Appeal

Generalization

Induction

Logos/Logical Appeal

Paradigm

Pathos/Emotional Appeal

Refutation

Syllogism

Testimonial

Ad Hominem

Begging the Question

Equivocation

Red Herring

Scare Tactic

Slippery Slope

Straw Man

Grammar & Syntax

Antecedent

Appositive

Clause

Cumulative Sentence

Dependent Clause

Independent Clause

Periodic Sentence

Phrase

Rhetorical Terms Vocabulary

ENG 101 Rhetorical Terms...to start with

Directions: Students must define, provide an example of the following grammatical or rhetorical terms and explain the example in your own words. Once done, students must learn the definitions and examples of each term. Students must create flashcards for study focus.

Please note that you should be looking for the grammatical and rhetorical definitions of the words.

Words of Rhetoric:

Words of Rhetorical Patterns:

Words of Argument:

Rhetorical Fallacies:

Allusion

Anecdote

Antithesis

Aphorism

Circumlocution

Connotation

Denotation

Digression

Epiphany

Epithet

Euphemism

Imagery

Juxtaposition

Metaphor(extended)

Metonymy

Non-sequitur

Oxymoron

Paradox

Parenthesis

Satire

Sardonic

Synecdoche

Understatement

Anaphora

Asyndeton

Parallelism

Polysyndeton

Accommodation

Apology

Authority

Claims/Warrants

Concession

Deduction

Ethos/Ethical Appeal

Generalization

Induction

Logos/Logical Appeal

Paradigm

Pathos/Emotional Appeal

Refutation

Syllogism

Testimonial

Ad Hominem

Begging the Question

Equivocation

Red Herring

Scare Tactic

Slippery Slope

Straw Man

Grammar & Syntax

Antecedent

Appositive

Clause

Cumulative Sentence

Dependent Clause

Independent Clause

Periodic Sentence

Phrase

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