Rhetorical Terms 3

Deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a line

Repetition of a vowel sound

Repetition of a consonant sound

Polite way of saying something rude

Extended metaphor where objects are equated with meanings outside of the narrative itself

Illustrative story that teaches a moral lesson

Sound word

Over statement; outrageous exaggeration

Deliberately misrepresents something as lesser than it is

Tone of humor and wit to improve human institutions

Form of paradox; two contradictory words

Play on words

Audience knows what characters do not

Belief that one thing will happen and something else does

Someone states something and means the opposite

Biting or tearing of the flesh

Personified direct address to an absent or imaginary person

Appeal to logic

Appeal to heart

Appeal to ethics