Literary Terms: Rhetoric
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Laura Beckham
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Word choice, or diction
the use of words to construct meaning through their literal definitions (denotation) and/or their emotional associations (connotation)
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Assonance
the repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that are close together
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Repetition
the use of the same or similar words, sounds, or ideas more than once
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Alliteration
the repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
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Parallelism
the repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that express a similar idea
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Rhetorical question
a question meant to be thought-provoking rather than needing a direct answer
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Allusion
a reference to a person, thing, or other element of culture known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or the arts
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