Rhetorical Terms
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- classification
- The method of development in which the members of a group are sorted into classes or subgroups according to shared characteristics.
- ambiguity
- multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, or a word, phrase, sentence or passage
- analogy
- a point-by-point comparison
- argument
- The form of writing that appeals to readers' reason and emotions in order to win agreement with a claim or to compel some action.
- chronological order
- a pattern of organization in which events are arranged as they occurred over time, earliest to latest Narratives usually follow a chronological order.
- body
- The part of an essay that develops the main idea.
- antithesis
- a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure
- audience
- the group of readers for whom a particular work is intended.
- cause and effect analysis
- The methods of development in which occurrences are divided into their elements to find what made an event happen and what the consequences were.
- abstract and concrete words
- An ______ word refers to an idea, quality, attitude, or state that we cannot perceive with our senses. A ______ word, in contrast, refers to an object, person, place, or state that we can perceive with our senses
- compare and contrast
- the method of development in which the similarities and differences between subjects are
- conclusions
- the endings of written works
- allusion
- a brief reference to a real or fictitious person, place, object, or event
- connotation and denotation
- A word's ________ is its literal meaning; famous denotes the quality of being well known. A word's ________ are the associations or suggestions that go beyond its literal meaning; notorious denotes fame but also connotes sensational, even unfavorable, recognition.
- colloquial language
- The language of conversation, including contraction (don't, can't) and informal words and expression
- anaphora
- the repeating of the exact words for effect
- analysis
- the method of development in which a subject is separated into its elements or parts and then reassembled into a new whole
- anecdote
- a brief narrative that recounts an episode from a person's experience
- cliche
- An expression that has become tired from overuse and that therefore deadens rather than enlivens writing.