Speaking Vocabulary

Persona

In literature and public speaking, persona refers to the social face or character that a speaker or writer presents to…

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Parody

Parody is a form of satire that imitates the style of a particular genre, work, or artist in a way…

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Pleonasm

Pleonasm, which means using more words than necessary to convey meaning, often redundantly. ‘I saw it with my own eyes'…

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Polysyndeton

Polysyndeton, a stylistic device that involves the use of multiple conjunctions in close succession, often where they are not grammatically…

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Prolepsis

Though it might sound like a stomach problem, prolepsis is a rhetorical device that involves anticipating and answering potential objections…

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Quintilian

Quintilian sounds like a huge number, but Quintilian was an ancient Roman educator, known for his influential work on rhetoric…

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Paronomasia

Paronomasia, or punning, involves using words that sound similar but have different meanings, often to humorous effect. 'Time flies like…

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Pathos

Pathos, a rhetorical tool used to appeal to the audience's emotions, often to persuade or move them to action. That…

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Paralipsis

Paralipsis, a rhetorical device that involves bringing up a subject by either denying it or pretending to pass over it.…

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Paradox

Paradox, a statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems logically unacceptable…

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