WWR Exam
allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
antithesis
Direct opposite "we will not build a wall, we will build an economy"
gender play
Passing interest or trying out behaviors, activities, clothes, & roles Shared characteristics but does not want to "be" other gender
parallelism
Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other
rhetorical questions
Questions phrased to stimulate a mental response rather than an actual spoken response on the part of the audience
apologia
a formal defense of one's opinion "only because of x am I speaking out"
humor
amusement
patriotic rhetoric
appeal to patriotism
epidiectic rhetoric
ceremonial, addressing something and moving forward
mimicry
copying something "that all men are created equal"
anticipated objections/arguments
defending against potential arguments
Apophasis (accommodation/subversion)
drawing attention to a point by denying it (England being Mary's child)
elevation
emphasizing somethign
Identification
identifying or defining something (oneself) "Im like you"
testimony
life story that gives insight or ethos
naming
naming actual people
definition
set the bonds or limiting a term
collective experience
shared experience
metonymy
something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it (penis to man)
examples
specific instances that illustrate or explain a general factual statement
anaphora
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
direct address/apostraphe
to speak directly; to remove any separation between speaker and audience
turning the tables
turning a "negative" into a "positive." Antistrephon?
exigency
urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
antistrephon
using an opponent's own words or arguments against them
presence
vivid description to force an image, body rhetoric, appearance, being in a space
rhetorical transgression
when the status quo is directly challenged rather than accommodated and subverted
call to action
writing that urges people to action or promotes change
