Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

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Parallelism

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The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.

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Juxtaposition

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Two opposing things (ideas, images, colors, etc.) placed close together with contrasting effect.

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Allusion

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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Symbolism

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Using concrete objects, images, or characters to represent a larger, more universal idea.

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Simile

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Comparing one idea, object, or image to another dissimilar one by using like or as.

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Polysyndeton

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A stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect.

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Antithesis

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A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other.

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Personification

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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.

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Anaphora

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

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Anadiplosis

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A form of repetition where the last word of one clause or sentence is repeated as the first word of the following clause or sentence.