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GLOSSARIES OF RHETORIC
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A Deeper Look Into Rhetorical Devices
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DIRECTORY OF RHETORICAL DEVICES
GLOSSARIES OF RHETORIC
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The Echoes of Words in a Cavern of Sound
ACRIMONIOUS - a speech that is caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature.
APOCOPE - cutting off the last sound of a word
APOSIOPESIS - a sudden break away from a speech in the middle of a sentence as if unable to proceed.
ASSONANCE - the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences.
BLANDISHMENT - a speech or action that is meant to coax, entice or persuade.
BRAVADO - a bold manner in speech and actions meant to impress or intimidate.
BURBLE - to speak in a highly excited manner.
CACOPHONY - juxtaposition of harsh sounds.
COLLOQUIAL - used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation. For example, in colloquial English, "kind of" is often used for "somewhat" or "rather." Also, unacceptably informal or relating to conversation.
DIGRAPH — A group of two successive letters whose phonetic value is a single sound. For example, EA in BREAD, CH in CHAT, or NG in SING
DIAERESIS - the pronunciation of adjacent vowels separately. "Naive."
DIPHTHONG - speech sound in which one vowel gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable. "Oi" in "boil," and "ou" in "out."
DISSIMILATION - the process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other. "Marble," an English word derived from the French word "marbre" by the process of dissimilation..
DYSRHYTHMIA - an abnormality in an otherwise normal rhythmic pattern, as the meter in a line of verse.
ECLIPSIS - omission of sounds or words in speech
ECTHLIPSIS - omitting one or more sounds in pronouncing a word
ELISION — the omission of a part of a spoken word -- to be more efficient, people sometimes say "IDANO" insteadp of "I do not know," or a person may say "N" instead of "AND" (as in "bread 'n' butter").
EPENTHESIS - the process by which a new word is formed by inserting a sound into another word. "Thunder," an English word derived from the Old English word "thunor" by process of epenthesis.
EUPHONISM - custom of using pleasing sounding words
EUPHONY - a word that is smooth, pleasant or musical to hear.
EUTONY - pleasantness of the sound of a word
GIBBER - to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly.
GRAPHOPHONEMIC — Refers to the sound relationship between the orthography (symbols) and phonology (sounds) of a language. Also, GRAPHOPHONIC
GUTTURAL - a sound articulated with the throat with the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate.
GESTICULATE - to use gestures instead of speech for emphasis.
HAPLOLOGY - omission of a doubled or similar sound or syllable in a word
HOMONYM - words having the same sound but different meanings
HYPHAERESIS - omission of sound or letter from a word
ICONOMATIC - using pictures to represent sounds of words
IDEOPHONE - word that is spoken but not written
ILLOCUTION - act which is performed by speaking words
INCULCATE - to embed information by repeated statement or admonition; teaching earnestly.
MEGALOPHONOUS - having a high voice
METATHESIS - transposition of sounds or letters of a word
ONOMATOPOEIA - a word that mimics a sound.
PALILOGY - the repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, for emphasis.
PARAGOGE - addition of a sound to end of word
PARECHESIS - the repetition of the same sound in words in close or immediate succession. "Veni, vidi, vici." -- Julius Caesar. See also: alliteration, assonance, consonance.
PARELCON - the addition of one or more syllables to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.
PARTICLE - short part of speech used to express a syntactic or semantic relationship. A particle can also be a prefix or derivational suffix.
PERLOCUTIONARY - of or relating to an act (as of persuading, frightening, or annoying) performed by a speaker upon a listener by means of an utterance.
PHONE — any single speech sound considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the language structure. A smaller unit of speech than the phoneme.
PHONAESTHEME - word with a phonetic likeness to other words of similar meaning. Crush, crash, clash, bash, mash, smash, and smoosh are phonaesthemes of each other.
PROCLISIS - pronunciation of word dependent on following word
PSITTACISM - mechanical, repetitive and meaningless speech.
QUATCH - a word; a sound
RHEME - speech element that expresses an idea
SIBILANT - characterized by a hissing sound, especially a speech sound, such as those indicated by "s," "sh," "z," or "zh."
SPOONERISM - a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil). Comes from Archibald Spooner, a British clergyman and educator, (1844 to 1930) who often had his tongue frequently tangled up. For example, he would say things like "a blushing crow" when he meant "a crushing blow."
SUPRASEGMENTAL - vocal effect that extends over more than one sound segment in an utterance, such as pitch, stress, or juncture pattern.
TWADDLE - a speech that is rubbish or trivial, nonsense and foolish talk
VERNACULAR - everyday speech. It’s just the way people talk in life.
VOLUBLE - characterized by ready or rapid speech. Glib or fluent. Voluble describes an individual who speaks easily and often.
VOCIFEROUS - crying out noisily; clamorous.
APOCOPE - cutting off the last sound of a word
APOSIOPESIS - a sudden break away from a speech in the middle of a sentence as if unable to proceed.
ASSONANCE - the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences.
BLANDISHMENT - a speech or action that is meant to coax, entice or persuade.
BRAVADO - a bold manner in speech and actions meant to impress or intimidate.
BURBLE - to speak in a highly excited manner.
CACOPHONY - juxtaposition of harsh sounds.
COLLOQUIAL - used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation. For example, in colloquial English, "kind of" is often used for "somewhat" or "rather." Also, unacceptably informal or relating to conversation.
DIGRAPH — A group of two successive letters whose phonetic value is a single sound. For example, EA in BREAD, CH in CHAT, or NG in SING
DIAERESIS - the pronunciation of adjacent vowels separately. "Naive."
DIPHTHONG - speech sound in which one vowel gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable. "Oi" in "boil," and "ou" in "out."
DISSIMILATION - the process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other. "Marble," an English word derived from the French word "marbre" by the process of dissimilation..
DYSRHYTHMIA - an abnormality in an otherwise normal rhythmic pattern, as the meter in a line of verse.
ECLIPSIS - omission of sounds or words in speech
ECTHLIPSIS - omitting one or more sounds in pronouncing a word
ELISION — the omission of a part of a spoken word -- to be more efficient, people sometimes say "IDANO" insteadp of "I do not know," or a person may say "N" instead of "AND" (as in "bread 'n' butter").
EPENTHESIS - the process by which a new word is formed by inserting a sound into another word. "Thunder," an English word derived from the Old English word "thunor" by process of epenthesis.
EUPHONISM - custom of using pleasing sounding words
EUPHONY - a word that is smooth, pleasant or musical to hear.
EUTONY - pleasantness of the sound of a word
GIBBER - to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly.
GRAPHOPHONEMIC — Refers to the sound relationship between the orthography (symbols) and phonology (sounds) of a language. Also, GRAPHOPHONIC
GUTTURAL - a sound articulated with the throat with the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate.
GESTICULATE - to use gestures instead of speech for emphasis.
HAPLOLOGY - omission of a doubled or similar sound or syllable in a word
HOMONYM - words having the same sound but different meanings
HYPHAERESIS - omission of sound or letter from a word
ICONOMATIC - using pictures to represent sounds of words
IDEOPHONE - word that is spoken but not written
ILLOCUTION - act which is performed by speaking words
INCULCATE - to embed information by repeated statement or admonition; teaching earnestly.
MEGALOPHONOUS - having a high voice
METATHESIS - transposition of sounds or letters of a word
ONOMATOPOEIA - a word that mimics a sound.
PALILOGY - the repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, for emphasis.
PARAGOGE - addition of a sound to end of word
PARECHESIS - the repetition of the same sound in words in close or immediate succession. "Veni, vidi, vici." -- Julius Caesar. See also: alliteration, assonance, consonance.
PARELCON - the addition of one or more syllables to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.
PARTICLE - short part of speech used to express a syntactic or semantic relationship. A particle can also be a prefix or derivational suffix.
PERLOCUTIONARY - of or relating to an act (as of persuading, frightening, or annoying) performed by a speaker upon a listener by means of an utterance.
PHONE — any single speech sound considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the language structure. A smaller unit of speech than the phoneme.
PHONAESTHEME - word with a phonetic likeness to other words of similar meaning. Crush, crash, clash, bash, mash, smash, and smoosh are phonaesthemes of each other.
PROCLISIS - pronunciation of word dependent on following word
PSITTACISM - mechanical, repetitive and meaningless speech.
QUATCH - a word; a sound
RHEME - speech element that expresses an idea
SIBILANT - characterized by a hissing sound, especially a speech sound, such as those indicated by "s," "sh," "z," or "zh."
SPOONERISM - a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil). Comes from Archibald Spooner, a British clergyman and educator, (1844 to 1930) who often had his tongue frequently tangled up. For example, he would say things like "a blushing crow" when he meant "a crushing blow."
SUPRASEGMENTAL - vocal effect that extends over more than one sound segment in an utterance, such as pitch, stress, or juncture pattern.
TWADDLE - a speech that is rubbish or trivial, nonsense and foolish talk
VERNACULAR - everyday speech. It’s just the way people talk in life.
VOLUBLE - characterized by ready or rapid speech. Glib or fluent. Voluble describes an individual who speaks easily and often.
VOCIFEROUS - crying out noisily; clamorous.
