Literary Term Review

Rhetoric

• the art of speaking or writing effectively

• the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• The repeated grammatical structure that illustrates an equal weight of ideas

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, subject, or character

Repetition of the beginning of a word, phrase, or sentence in successive clauses

• alliteration

• mood

• anaphora

• diction

Feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

Alliteration

• Repetition of the beginning of a word/sentence/phrase in successive clauses

• the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

• The repeated grammatical structure that illustrates an equal weight of ideas

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

a comparison using "like" or "as"

Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based.

The repeated grammatical structure that illustrates an equal weight of ideas

appeal to logic