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Rhetorical Elements - Coggle Diagram
Rhetorical Elements
organization: the organization of ideas, incidents, evidence, or details in a specific order examples- chronological, compare and contrast, narrative 
sarcasm: uses irony to mock someone or convey contempt example- "1+1 is 2 right.?" "No, it is 27."
parallelism: coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance and wording example- I like jogging, baking, painting, and watching movies.
juxtaposition: placing two things side to side so as to highlight their differences example- bright jewel against dark skin
occasion: associated with time, place, and setting example- banquet, party, wedding
onomatopoeia: words that imitate or evoke the sound they refer to example- "creeeek," "WHAM"
subject: issue at hand, major topics, text, and audience address examples- love, reality, s orrow
theme: central topic or idea in a passage example: "treat others the way you want to be treated" "Never judge a book by its cover"
tone: mood implied by an author's word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel example- cheerful, regretful
speaker: the voice that speaks behind the scenes example- "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath
syntax: the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence example: compound complex, infinitive, proposition, coordinate conjun ction clause
satire: art of making someone or something look ridiculous, raising laughter in order to embarrass, humble, or discredit targets example- "Who said you could roll up your sleeves?" "The second amendment said I have the right to bare arms."
symbolism: uses symbols, words, people, marks, locations, or ideas to convey something beyond the original meaning example- red represents love, white represents purity
voice: mixture of vocabulary, point of view, syntax, sentences, tone, and flow example: active vs passive, present, future
tone: writer's attitude towards the topic or audience example: hateful, loving, frightened, disapproving
metonymy: a figure of speech in which an object or idea is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it, as opposed to by its own name example: calling royalty, like the king, the crown
epistrophe: repetition of phrases or words in a set of clauses or sentences example: "see no evil, fear no evil"
understatement: description of something as having less quality than it does example: after running a 5 k, "well that was short"
ambiguity: a word or phrase that can be understood in more than one way example: "the chicken is ready" "I saw her duck"
extended metaphor: version of a metaphor that extends over multiple lines, or paragraphs example: "their heart was icy, their blood frosty, their ventricles filled with ice"
concession: argumentative strategy where a speaker acknowledges the validity of an opponent's point example- A businessman making a proposal for a new skin product
rhetorical question: question asked without expecting an answer but for the sake of emphasis or effect example- "What is in a name?"
persona: person who is understood to be speaking on a particular work example- William Blake writing in the voice of a young chimney sweeper
euphemism: a word or phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic example: saying passed away instead of died