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an illustrated glossary of
rhetorical terms 9th edition (2007)
Dedications & Prefaces
Contents
Index of Terms
Bibliography
Other Online Glossaries of Figures & Tropes
An updated and expanded version of this glossary is now available at .
(January 2008)
See also:
-Figures, Tropes, & Other Rhetorical Terms
-Top 20 Figures of Speech
-Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis
-Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms
-Review Quiz: Top 20 Figures of Speech
-Review Quiz: Rhetorical Terms
-Rhetorical Strategies of Repetition
-Definitions of Rhetoric in Ancient Greece and Rome

CONTENTS

accumulation to bdelygmia
catachresis to distinctio
effectio to gradatio
homoioiteleuton to oxymoron
parable to rhetor
rhetoric to zeugma (with bibliography)

INDEX OF RHETORICAL TERMS


accumulation allegory alliteration ambiguity amplification anadiplosis analogy anaphora anticipation anticlimax antimetabole antirrhesis antithesis antonomasia apophasis aporia aposiopesis apostrophe apposition artistic proofs Asiatic assonance asyndeton Attic auxesis bdelygmia catachresis categoria chiasmus chreia cliche climax commonplace commoratio complex sentence compound sentence concession confirmation connotation copia crot decorum deduction dehortatio diacope dialectic distinctio effectio ellipsis encomium energia enthymeme		epanalepsis epicrisis epideictic epimone epiphora epiplexis epithet epizeuxis erotesis ethopoeia ethos euphemism euphuism exergasia exuscitatio fable figures of speech gradatio homoioiteleuton hyperbaton hyperbole hypocrisis hypophora hypotaxis identification induction invective invented ethos invention irony isocolon kairos litotes logos loose sentence malapropism maxim meiosis memory metaphor metonymy mondegreen onomatopoeia oxymoron parable paradox paralepsis parallelism paranomasia parataxis		parenthesis parison pathos periodic sentence persona personification phatic communion pleonasm ploce polyptoton polysyndeton prolepsis proverb refutation rhetor rhetoric rhetorical criticism rhetorical distance rhetorical question rhetorical situation rhetorician running style Senecan sign simile simple sentence situated ethos sophist sprezzatura style syllepsis syllogistic progression synathroesmus synecdoche tapinosis tenor tetracolon climax testimony topics tricolon trope understatement vehicle voice zeugma

OTHER ONLINE GLOSSARIES
OF FIGURES & TROPES

Figures of Speech, Prof. Grant Williams
Figures of Speech from the Simpsons, Jay Heinrichs
Figures, Tropes, & Other Rhetorical Terms, Dr. Nordquist, About Grammar & Composition
The Forest of Rhetoric, Dr. Gideon O. Burton
A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples, Kentucky Classics
A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices, Robert Harris
Rhetorical Figures in Sound, American Rhetoric
Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis, Dr. Nordquist, About Grammar & Composition

--original site design of An Illustrated Glossary of Rhetorical Terms by Joy Garland Houle © 2000
--index prepared by Daniela Huhn, 2002
--examples provided by the editor and by students enrolled in ENGL 5730 (Rhetoric) at Armstrong Atlantic State University from 1991 to the present
--RealAudio pronunciations provided by The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed. (online at Bartleby.com)
--Glossary moved to About.com Grammar & Rhetoric, 2008
--works consulted

RHETORIC (English 5730) is taught by Dr. Richard Nordquist.
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Savannah, Georgia 31419
912-921-5991
e-mail: engl5730@lycos.com

updated 15 Jan 2008