Rhetoric

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ad hominem argument

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from the Latin meaning ' to or against the man'

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allusion

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a direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly known

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analogy

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a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

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antithesis

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a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure

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aphorisms

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terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principal

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apostrophe

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a figure of speech that directly adresses an absent or imaginary person

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chiasmus

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a figure of speech based on inverted parallelism.

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irony/ironic

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a contrast between what is said and what is really meant

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juxtaposition

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placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas cloase together or side by side/ compair Or contrast

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metonymy

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a term from the green meaning 'changed label'

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oxymoron

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from the Greek for ' pointedly foolish

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paradox

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a statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposed to common sense

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rhetoric

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from the Greek for 'orator'

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rhetoric appeal

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the persuasive device by whixh a writer tries to sway the audiences attention and response to any given worm.

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rhetoric modes

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this flexible term describes a variety, the cknvorsations, and the purpose.

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rhetoric question

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a question asked merely for effect and does not expect a reply

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sarcasm

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from the Greek meaning "to tear flesh'

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syllogism

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from the Greek for 'reckoning together'

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undersratement

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the ironic minimizing if fact