2Nd Half Of Rhetorical Devices

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Flattery

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Using excessive, untrue, or insincere praise in an attempt to ingratiate oneself with the audience, and therefore make them more likely to accept your opinion

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect

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Irony

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An expression of something in which the words say one thing but mean another

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Juxtaposition

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Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

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Juxtaposition

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness."

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Litotes

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Understatement, for intensification, by denying the contrary of the thing being affirmed.

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Litotes

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"War is not healthy for children and other living things."

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Litotes

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"One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day."

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Metaphor

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Implied comparison achieved through a figurative use of words; the word is used not in its literal sense, but in one analogous to it.

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Metonymy

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Substitution of one word for another which it suggests.

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"The pen is mightier than the sword."

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Metonymy

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Occam's Razor

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Theory that all things being equal the simplest answer is probably the best and most correct.

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"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains-however improbable-must be the truth."

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Occam's Razor

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Oxymoron

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Apparent paradox achieved by the juxtaposition of words which seem to contradict one another.

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"I must be cruel only to be kind."

Shakespeare, Hamlet

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Oxymoron

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Paradox

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An assertion seeming opposed to common sense, but that may have some truth in it.

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"What a pity that youth must be waisted on the young."

George Bernard Shaw

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Paradox

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Parallelism

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The repeated use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar in structure or meaning.

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Personification

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Attribution of personality to an impersonal thing.

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Refutation

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An attack on an opposing point of view in order to lessen its credibility or to invalidate it.

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Repetition

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Repeating words or phrases for emphasis when speaking or writing

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Rhetorical question

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A question asked for effect, with no answer expected.

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Sarcasm

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A taunting, sneering, cutting, or caustic remark.

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Simile

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An explicit comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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"My love is a fever, longing still for that which longer nurseth the disease,"

Shakespeare, Sonnet CXLVII.

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Simile

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Zeugma

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Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, often incongruous meanings.

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"John lost his coat and his temper."

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Zeugma