Rhetorical Terms #2

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of nearby words

• alliteration

• chiasmus

• connotation

• apostrophe

a brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history, classic literature, or even pop culture

• protagonist

• allusion

• cliche

• assonance

the repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words

• denotation

• analogy

• assonance

• alliteration

the intentional or unintentional use of a person, object, or event that is out of place chronologically

• anachronism

• allusion

• analogy

• protagonist

comparing two things, which are alike in several respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea or object by showing how the idea or object is similar to some familiar one

• antagonist

• analogy

• burlesque

• chiasmus

the force that opposes the protagonist

• allusion

• analogy

• chiasmus

• antagonist

the central character of the story, whether hero or antihero

• consonance

• protagonist

• antagonist

• cliche

an address either to someone (or something) who is absent (perhaps someone dead or one of the gods) and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something nonhuman that cannot comprehend.

• anachronism

• allusion

• apostrophe

• connotation

the repetition of consonant sounds with differing vowel sounds in words near each other; may appear anywhere within words

• consonance

• analogy

• denotation

• alliteration

a work designed to ridicule a style, literary form, or subject matter wither by treating the exalted in a trivial way or by discussion the trivial in exalted terms (mock dignity)

• burlesque

• analogy

• colloquial

• cliche