Rhetorical Devices/Appeals

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What is the definition of PARALLELISM?

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Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other.

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What is the definition of JUXTAPOSITION?

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Two unlike ideas placed side by side. Ex: The sad clown danced happily through the butchery.

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What is a RHETORICAL QUESTION?

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A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer.

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What is PATHOS?

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Appeal to emotion.

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What is an OXYMORON?

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A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

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What is ANAPHORA?

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

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What is a SIMILE?

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A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is METAPHOR?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is ALLITERATION?

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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What is HYPERBOLE?

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.