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Rhetorical Terms 6

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periodic setntenceplaces the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence, after all introductory elements
loose sentenceThe main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units (phrases and clauses). Many loose sentences create a conversational tone
antithesisa balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses
asyndetoncommas used with no conjuctions to separate a series of words
polysyndetonsentence which uses "and" or other conjuction (with no commas) to separate the items in a series
chiasmusarrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of XYYX
negative-positivesentence that begins by stating what is not true, then ends by stating what is true
tricolonsentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses
antimetabolerepetition of words, in clauses, in reverse grammatical order
convoluted structurethe main clause is split in two; subordinate material is between (this tends to place emphasis on subordinate material)
centered structurethe main clause occupies the middle position with subordinate material on either end
epanalepsisrepetition at the end of a clause of the word that occured at the beginning of the clause
anadiplosisrepetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause
epistropherepetition of the same words at the ends of successive clauses
punctuationuse of periods, commas, dashes, semicolons, colons, or other marks in order to control the pace or effect of a work of prose or poetry
ad hominema fallacy in which the attact in on the person rather than his ideas (Latin meaning: "against the man")
aphorisma short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life
annotationexplanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data
anecdotea short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point
apostropheusually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction


English 11AP, English 10 PreAP, ACT Prep, Mythology
Dobyns-Bennett

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