Toolbox of Rhetorical Terms

Rhetoric

etymology: of an orator (rhetor)

definition: the study of or the effective use of speech or writing to inform or persuade

General Terms Diction Figurative language Syntax

Drama Fiction Persuasion Poetry

Grammar

Practice test and Answers

Sources

These pages are the work of two senior Advanced Placement English classes, fall semester, 1998, and two other senior AP English classes, spring semester, 2000.

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