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Rhetorical Strategies Toolbox - Tropes
Tropes sounds like a naughty word
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01/04/2010

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Term
simile
Definition
making a comparison using like or as
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implied metaphor
Definition
making a comparion w/out like or as
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syndecdoche
Definition
a whole is represented by naming one of its parts. Hand in marriage. MORE PHYSICAL
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metonymy
Definition
harder to spot, naming an attribute as a whole. Pentagon, all ppl in it
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allusion
Definition
passing reference to outside sources.
HISTORICAL
BIBLICAL
LITERARY
MYTHICAL
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pun
Definition
play on words
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onamotopoeia
Definition
word imitates what it sounds like in real life
BUZZZZZZ
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litotes
Definition
UNDERSTATEMENT
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irony
Definition
implies the contrary of what is said
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oxymoron
Definition
wise-folly like a paradox but smaller
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paradox
Definition
self contradicting statement that has truth
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apostrophe
Definition
turning the speech from one audience to the other.
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