Rhetorical Vocabulary

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alliteration

Back 1

Repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence

Hint 1

(L)et us go to forth to lead the land we love

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allusion

Back 2

Brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art

Hint 2

Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah.

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anaphora

Back 3

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines

Hint 3

not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need-not as a call to battle, though we embattled we are.

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antimetabole

Back 4

Repetition of words in reverse words

Hint 4

Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country.

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antithesis

Back 5

opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction

Hint 5

we shall support any friend, oppose any foe

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archaic diction

Back 6

old - fashioned or outdated choice of words

Hint 6

beliefs for which our forebears fought

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asyndeton

Back 7

omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases,clauses or words

Hint 7

we shall pay any bear any burden, meet any hardships, support any friends, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty

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cumulative sentence

Back 8

Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence, and then builds and add ons

Hint 8

But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course- both sides overburden by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war

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horative sentence

Back 9

Sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action

Hint 9

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divides us.

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imperative sentence

Back 10

Sentence used to command, enjoin , implore or entreat

Hint 10

My fellow citizens of the world; ask not what America can do for the freedom of man.

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Inversion

Back 11

inverted order of words in a sentence ( variation of the subject-verb- object order)

Hint 11

United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do

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juxtaposition

Back 12

placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

Hint 12

we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth ... that the torch has been passed to anew generation of Americas born in this century. ( emphasis added).

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oxymoron

Back 13

Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another

Hint 13

but this peaceful revolution

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parallelism

Back 14

Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words , phrases or clauses

Hint 14

let both sides explore ... Let both sides for the first time formulate series and precise proposals... Let both sides seek to invoke... Let both sides unite to heed

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periodic sentence

Back 15

Sentence whose clause is withheld until the end

Hint 15

To that world assembly sovereign states, the United Nations, our best hope in an age where the instrument s of peace. we renew our pledge to support.

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personification

Back 16

Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea

Hint 16

with history the final judge of our deeds

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metaphor

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Figure of speech that says one thing is another in order to explain by comparison

Hint 17

And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion.

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metonymy

Back 18

Using a single feature to represent the whole

Hint 18

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course.

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rhetorical question

Back 19

Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer

Hint 19

Will you join in the historical effort?

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zeugma

Back 20

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

Hint 20

Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need- not as a call to battle though embattled we are- but a call to bear the burden.