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Rhetorical Devices
Vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
01/29/2013

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Term
Fallacy
Definition
Misleading, or false notion.

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Antithesis
Definition
Opposite, contrast.

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Litotes
Definition
An understatement
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Rebuttal
Definition
To provide some evidence

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Equivocation 
Definition
A statement that is not literally false, but that cleverly avoids the unpleasant truth

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Ethos
Definition
Convincing by the character of the author
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Media
Definition
The means of communication (such as newspaper, news, television)

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Euphuism
Definition
The act of substituting a inderect term for one considered harsh, or offenstive. (Ex: using "passed away" instead of "dead")
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Irony
Definition
Using words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean. (Ex: "I just crashed my car. Oh, my agent will love this.")
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Paradox
Definition
A statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true. (Ex: " Cowards die many times before their deathes." -Julius Ceasar)
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Anaphora
Definition

The repition of a word/phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

(Ex: "Early to bed and early

to rise/Make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." -Benjamin Franklin) 

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