Rhetoric

(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

(rhetoric) exhortation; admonition.; "In Deuteronomy it is often impossible to separate parenesis from history."

(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"

(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.; "The last and perhaps the most im…

an argument offered in opposition to another argument

a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions"

the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any ana…

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine"

inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"

similarity by virtue of corresponding

the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any ana…

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.

repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.

(anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"

extravagant exaggeration

extravagant exaggeration

incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the questio…

similarity by virtue of corresponding

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"

a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the questio…

of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested" - W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningles…

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"

a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another

an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another

the reversal of the normal order of words

the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)

the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance

substitution of a title for a name

mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned

breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)

address to an absent or imaginary person

the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used

strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as ‘blatant’ to mean ‘flagrant’) or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: ‘blind mouths’)

arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition

the use in a text of different tones or viewpoints, whose interaction or contradiction is important to the text's interpretation.; "What caught…

an exclamatory rhetorical device; "exclamation such as ‘O tempore! O mores’"

special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.

a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial ‘we’ for ‘I’)

immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification; "epanorthosis such as ‘Seems, madam! Nay, it is’"

a sentence that is an exclamation, a general or striking comment, or a succinct summary of what has previously been said.; "In Chaucer's The Ree…

a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them

an exclamatory rhetorical device; "exclamation such as ‘O tempore! O mores’"

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier

reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in ‘her beauty's face’)

reversal of normal word order (as in ‘cheese I love’)

use of a series of subjects with a single predicate

use of a series of parallel clauses (as in ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’)

reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in ‘bred and born’)

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

the reversal of the normal order of words

understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying ‘I was not a little upset’ wh…

understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying ‘I was not a little upset’ wh…

using words that imitate the sound they denote

suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in ‘sense and sensibility’)

using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in ‘he ran and jumped and laughed for joy’)

suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

anticipating and answering objections in advance

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

a comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel

a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., ‘he is a snake’ may once have been a metaphor bu…

a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., ‘he is a snake’ may once have been a metaphor bu…

a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect

a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities

the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument

repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier

repetition after intervening words

repetition of a group of words in reverse order

the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)

repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence; "polyptoton such as ‘my own heart's heart’"

repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe

an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

vivid picturesque description.; "Hypotyposis, in other words, makes the mediated appear immediate and induces passive acceptance."

a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in ‘they counted heads’)

conjoining contradictory terms (as in ‘deafening silence’)

representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with ‘like’ or ‘as’)

substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa

use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect; "‘Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave’ is a…

(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one