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RHETORICAL AND LITERARY TERMS

WEBSITES

American Rhetoric:                           http://www.americanrhetoric.com/rhetoricaldevicesinsound.htm

Concise Handbook of Literary and Rhetorical Terms:        http://sony-ebook-samples.com/sample/11978/concise-handbook-of-literary-and-rhetorical-terms

All American: Glossary of Literary Terms:        http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm

Glossary of Rhetorical Terms:        http://www.answers.com/topic/glossary-of-rhetorical-terms

Figures of Speech:        http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Figure_of_speech

A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices:                            http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm

Elements of Classic Rhetoric:                           http://www.dur.ac.uk/m.p.thompson/rhetoric.htm

Critical Concepts:        http://www.k-state.edu/english/baker/english320/cc.htm

Rhetorical Devices:                            http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/jtomlins/rhetorical_devices.htm

An Illustrated Glossary of Rhetorical Terms:                  http://www.nt.armstrong.edu/terms.htm

Literary Terms for English:        http://www.leasttern.com/LitTerms/literary_terms.htm

Dictionary of Difficult Words:        http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/data/content_a.html

Luciferous Logolepsy:        http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/ow_a.html

Using English:        http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary.html

Figures of Speech:        http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/schemes.html

Literary Terms:        http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/index.html

A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples:                         http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html

Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms:                  http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Terms/

Speaking and Writing Visually:        http://www.drbilllong.com/EvenMoreWords/HypotyposisI.html

Literary and Rhetorical Terms by Category:              http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/LiteraryTermsTOC.html

Rhetoric Devices and Terms commonly seen on the AP English Language Exam:        http://www.studystack.com/studytable-5072

Literary Terms for A.P. English:        http://www.ccps.k12.fl.us/tidwell/LiteraryTermsAPEnglish.html       

Examples of Literary Terms from Poetry:        http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/index.htm

The Forest of Rhetoric:                           http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm

Wikipedia Glossary of Rhetorical Terms:                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_rhetorical_terms

Worth Words for the Day:        http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd/abc.htm#catachresis

WordNet Vocabulary Helper:        http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn

Rhetoric and Composition:                     http://rhetoric.eserver.org/

The English Master:                     http://www.englishmaster.de/text/eng_lit.htm

Long List of Rhetorical and Literary Devices:                     http://www.spellingpolice.com/higher/home.html

Terms Used in Essay Instructions:                     http://www.msjhs.org/staff/brunak/litterms.html

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