Rhetorical Terms

The use of facts, figures, expert opinion, and statistics.

A direct address to someone, whether present or absent, real or imaginary.

Repetition at the beginnings of clauses, lines, or sentences.

The appeal to your audience's emotions

The use of repeated grammatical structures

The rhetorical strategy of emphasizing a point by seeming to pass over it.

Which of the following is NOT true about a thesis statement?

A figure of speech in which a comparison is made without "like" or "as"

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole

May I have your hand in marriage?

Refers to another work of art, noted person, or historical document

Two opposite ideas put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis, whether for humor, serious, or ironic purposes.

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech

“Organ donation is the right thing to do”

Asked just for effect when no real answer is expected.

The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words.

A figure of speech in which one or several conjunctions are taken out

"who point out the beauties, who discover the faults, and who discuss the rules"

The appeal to the audience's sense or right or wrong AND a speaker's credibility

The use of language to represent objects, actions, or feelings, and any sensory experience.

"and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish"

A stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession

I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you/Till China and Africa meet