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ENC1101--Notes on Rhetoric Assignment. Due August 15, 2024. Assigned August 12, 2024. Late Work is Never Accepted.

Look up the following literary terms. In your binder, handwrite the definition and an example when appropriate (do at least twenty-two each night). Please note that usually assignments are required to be typed; however, because handwriting has been proven to help students remember better, for this assignment, I want you to write your work.If you have trouble finding the definition of any term, skip it and move on. Points will be taken off for mistakes in MLA format. See the link on this website for MLA format, or google MLA format. See rules/expectations for this course for final-naming protocol. See the post entitled "Literary Terms/Rhetorical Terms--Sample Entry" for an example of how to complete this activity. (Enter the search term in the Search box at the top left of this website.) 
    1. rhetoric
    2. Aristotle's rhetorical triangle
    3. analysis
    4. literal vs. figurative
    5. ethos, logos, pathos
    6. loaded language
    7. specificity of detail
    8. concrete examples
    9. difference between concrete and abstract
    10. difference between specific and general
    11. diction
    12. syntax
    13. denotation vs. connotation
    14. imagery
    15. theme(s)
    16. audience(s)
    17. purpose (s)
    18. beginnings and endings
    19. tricolon--"power of three"--a unit made of three parts
    20. repetition
    21. mood
    22. tone
    23. organizational choices/structure/pattern
    24. rhetorical modes
    25. context/background/occasion
    26. SOAPSTone
    27. novelty
    28. gestures/props
    29. alliteration
    30. simile
    31. metaphor
    32. anaphora
    33. epistrophe
    34. allusion
    35. amplification
    36. analogy
    37. anecdote
    38. antithesis
    39. juxtaposition
    40. archetype
    41. aphorism
    42. assonance
    43. consonance
    44. asyndeton
    45. polysyndeton
    46. personification
    47. circumlocution
    48. epilogue
    49. prologue
    50. epithet
    51. euphemism
    52. euphony
    53. parallelism
    54. hyperbaton/anastrophe/inversion (all are synonymous--same meaning)
    55. hyperbole
    56. inversion
    57. shift
    58. irony
    59. litotes
    60. malapropism
    61. vignette
    62. trope
    63. mores
    64. pun
    65. extended metaphor
    This list is just the beginning of the terms and ideas you will learn as you study the art of rhetoric in this course.

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