Rhetorical TermsLanguage devices 1.

synecdoche- A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa (ex: Cleveland won by six runs; Cleveland represents its baseball team) 2. colloquial- ordinary or conversational language; not literary or formal 3. litotes- ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating the opposite (ex: you wont be sorry meaning youll be glad) 4. metonymy- figurative language that uses particular words to represent something else with which they are associated; similar to synecdoche (ex: the crown means the whole royal family) 5. paradox- a seemingly absurd /self-contradictory statement that when investigated may prove to have some truth 6. euphemism- a mild or indirect term substituted for a harsher or distasteful one 7. hyperbole- exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally 8. allusion- an expression that implicitly references some greater work 9. irony- the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite (for a humorous or emphatic effect) 10. apostrophe- an exclamatory passage in a speech/poem addressed to a person or thing (both usually dead/absent) 11. periphrasis- The use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing (ex: saying more intelligent instead of smarter; did go instead of went) 12. imagery- visually descriptive or figurative language 13. metaphor- a figure of speech where it makes comparisons between two unlike things 14. oxymoron- conjoining contradictory terms (ex: deafening silence) 15. paralipsis- the device of giving emphasis by claiming to say little or nothing about a subject (ex: not to mention their unpaid debts of several million) 16. personification- when a thing or abstraction is given human characteristics 17. simile- comparison using like, as, and other conjunctions 18. symbol- a thing that represents something else 19. alliteration- repetition of constant sounds (Sally sold seashells by the seashore) 20. assonance- repetition of vowel sounds Rhetorical TermsSyntax devices 1. polysyndeton- the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence (ex: he ran and jumped and laughed for joy) 2. anaphora- using a pronoun/similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier (ex: I like it and so do they instead of I like it and they like it too) 3. loose sentence (cumulative)- complex sentence where the main clause comes first and then the subordinate clause 4. periodic sentence- a complex sentence where the subordinate clause comes first and the main clause comes last (ex: Yesterday when I was walking, I saw him.) 5. zeugma- using a word (usually adj/verb) to apply to more than one noun while its sense is only appropriate to one (ex: he took his hat and his leave; took his hat and took his leave have different applications of the word took)

6. tricolon- a sentence with three defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses and of increasing power 7. apposition8. parallel structure 9. asyndeton 10. syllepsis 11. anadiplosis 12. antanaclasis 13. antithesis 14. chiasmus 15. ellipsis 16. epistrophe 17. epanalepsis 18. inverted syntax 19. rhetorical question 20. polyptoton Rhetorical TermsWriting Modes 1. anecdote 2. cause and effect 3. chronological ordering 4. classification 5. expository 6. order of importance 7. parable 8. parody 9. persuasion 10. spatial ordering Rhetorical TermsMiscellaneous 1. rhetoric 2. satire 3. point of view