Rhetorical Techniques

The repetition of initial consonant sounds or any vowel sounds

A short narrative (generally personal) of an amusing, unusual, revealing or interesting event.

Ordinary language; the vernacular of a particular place.

An appeal to credibility

Use of language in which multiple meanings are possible.

Rhetorical use of a pleasant or favorable form in place of a harsh one.

An appeal to logic

An appeal to emotions

A back and forth conversation between two or more characters.

The act of addressing some abstraction that is not physically present nor will it respond.

A statement that blatantly overstates the truth in order to expose flaws in that difference.

Refers to the rules and principles that govern sentence construction, like length & punctuation

The structure is organized through repetition, as phrases or clauses resemble one another

Attaching human traits to inanimate objects, animals or phenomena.

This figure of speech makes use of a reference to add depth to the understanding of the word.

To physically place next to reveal a deeper understanding through the contrast.

Reg. repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses.

A contradiction of ideas that often oddly makes sense on a deeper level.

That which creates a full image – description related to the senses.