Term: alliteration

Definition: the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

“Sally sells shells by the seashore”

Term: Consonance

Definition: Repetition of consonant sounds in a line or phrase.

“Mike likes his new bike”

Term: Anaphora

Definition: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.

“Go big or go home.”

Term: Logos

Definition: Rhetorical device that appeals to logic and reason.

“All men are mortal. Socrates is a man.”

Term: Pithy

Definition: Language that is concise and to the point.

"Above all, keep your colors fresh."

Term: Pathos

Definition: Rhetorical device that appeals to emotions.

“A teenager tries to convince his parents to buy him a new car by saying if they cared about their child's safety they'd upgrade him”

Term: Analogy

Definition: Comparison between two things that are similar in some way.

“Life is a box of chocolates.”

Term: Synecdoche

Definition: Figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.

“All hands on deck!”

Term: Idiom

Definition: Phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

“kill two birds with one stone”

Term: Metaphor

Definition: Figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as.'

“He is a shining star.”

Term: allegory

Definition: a story or poem in which characters, settings, and events represent abstract or moral concepts

Animal farm representing the Russian Revolution

Term: imagery

Definition: descriptive language that appeals to the senses

“The cool, refreshing water quenched her thirst as the scorching sun radiated on her.”

Term: dramatic irony

Definition: when the audience knows something that the characters do not, creating tension or humor

If in the movie titanic when the iceberg is about to hit and character says, "It's so beautiful I could just die”.

Term: satire

Definition: a genre that uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize or expose societal issues

“If voting changed anything, they would make it illegal”

Term: thesis

Definition: the main argument or point of an essay or speech

“World hunger has many causes and effects.”

Term: ethos

Definition: a persuasive technique that appeals to the credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker

“As a three-time Olympic gold medalist, I can assure you that this energy drink will improve your fitness and stamina”

Term: simile

Definition: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more vivid

“as brave as a lion”

Term: Verbal irony

Definition: When a speaker says something but means the opposite.

When there's a hurricane raging outside and someone remarks "what lovely weather we're having,"

Term: antithesis

Definition: the use of contrasting ideas or words in parallel structure for emphasis

“Keep your mouth closed and your eyes open”

Term: onomatopoeia

Definition: words that imitate the sound they describe

“BOOM!” went her brain as she tried studying rhetorical terms

Term: hyperbole

Definition: exaggerated language used for emphasis or effect

“She was the best person in the whole world”

Term: foreshadowing

Definition: a literary device in which the author hints at future events in the plot

Term: irony

Definition: a contrast between expectation and reality

Term: zeugma

Definition: a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses

“She broke his car and his heart.”

Term: genre

Definition: a category or type of literature, art, or music

Term: assonance

Definition: the repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words

“His tender heir might bear his memory”

Term: metonymy

Definition: a figure of speech in which a word is substituted for a related word or phrase

Referring to the President of the United States or their administration as “the White House” or “the Oval Office”

Term: chiasmus

Definition: a figure of speech in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures

"She has all my love; my heart belongs to her,"

Term: allusion

Definition: a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of literature

"Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel."

Term: Situational Irony

Definition: A literary device where the outcome of a situation is different from what was expected.

a fire station burning down

Term: Juxtaposition

Definition: Placing two things side by side to highlight their differences or similarities.

For some people, it's the age of light, while for others, it's the age of darkness.

Term: Oxymoron

Definition: A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms to create a new meaning.

Jumbo shrimp

Term: Parallelism

Definition: The repetition of grammatical structure or word order to create a rhythm or emphasize a point.

“Easy come, easy go”

Term: Parody

Definition: A work that imitates another work in a humorous or satirical way.

Term: Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle

Definition: A diagram that illustrates the three elements of persuasive communication: ethos, pathos, and logos.

Term: Satire

Definition: A literary work that uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize and expose societal flaws.

Term: Tone

Definition: The attitude or emotion conveyed by a writer or speaker in their work.

Term: SOAPStone

Definition: A method of analyzing and understanding a text by examining its Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, and Tone.