Rhetorical Terms

A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

• Asyndeton

• Paralinguistics

• Rhetorical Question

• Anaphora

A direct comparison that states on thing is another.

• Synecdoche

• Simile

• Allusion

• Metaphor

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

• Metonymy

• Asyndeton

• Anaphora

• Epistrophe

Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.

• Synecdoche

• Epsitrophe

• Anaphora

• Polysyndeton

The ability to discover all of the available means of persuasion in any situation.

• Subject

• Rhetoric

• Tone

• Occasion

What is "the faculty of observing . . . the available means of persuasion" in any situation?

• Subject

• Rhetoric

• Tone

• Occasion

a question posed by the speaker which has an obvious answer, no answer, or is the argument the speaker or writer intends to answer in an effort to further prove their argument

• syntax

• anaphora

• rhetorical question

• loose/periodic sentence

________ is the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people

• Rhetoric

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Abigail and Daniel were discussing a situation. Abigail asked, 'And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?'

• simile

• irony

• personification

• hyperbole

• rhetorical question

Question asked just for effect or to put emphasis on a point when no real answer is expected

• allusion

• rhetorical question

• anecdote

• simile