Rhetorical Terms

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

• ethos

• rhetoric

• anacoluthon

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

the author's attitude about the topic

• tone

• topic

• analepsis

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the author's reason for writing

• synecdoche

• pathos

• hyperbaton

• purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

means by which the author presents his/her composition

• medium

• denotation

• metonymy

• apophasis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

word choice

• simile

• loose sentences

• asyndeton

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the idea or feeling associated with a word

• denotation

• aliiteration

• logos

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

complex sentences in which the main point (independent clause) occurs after the dependent clause(s)

• metaphor

• periodic sentences

• asyndeton

• loose sentences

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

complex sentences in which the main point (independent clause) occurs before the dependent clause(s)

• pathos

• loose sentences

• periodic sentences

• synedoche

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a comparison between two things NOT using "like" or "as"

• simile

• anacoluthon

• hyperbaton

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D