Identify rhetorical devices & strategies of song "The Lion King | I Just Can't Wait to Be King | Disney Sing-Along"

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Here my teacher provided what rhetorical devices & strategies are.

Now that we have established what rhetoric is, the art of persuasion, it's time to zoom in and look at the way words are arranged on the page, and how their arrangement can illicit a reaction in a reader. More simply, we are going to talk about rhetorical devices. Below you will find a list of common rhetorical devices. Click on any term to be taken to a page that includes an example.

Anecdote A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature.

Perspective A character's view of the situation or events in the story.

Aphorism A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief.

Apostrophe A figure of speech in which a person, thing, or abstract quality is addressed as if present.

Oxymoron A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements.

Allusion A figure of speech which makes brief, even casual reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object to create a resonance in

the reader or to apply a symbolic meaning to the character or object of which the allusion consists.

Syllogism A form of deduction. An extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument.

Satire A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness.

Bildungsroman A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character.

Foil A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast.

Epistolary A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters.

Epitaph A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person.

Parody A satirical imitation of a work of art for purpose of ridiculing its style or subject.

Sarcasm A sharp caustic remark. A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually bitterly or harshly critical.

Expletive A single word or short phrase intended to emphasize surrounding words.

Irony A situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or

is meant. Irony is frequently humorous, and can be sarcastic when using words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean.

Eulogy A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing; an oration in honor of a deceased person.

Paradox A statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true.

Epiphany A sudden or intuitive insight or perception into the reality or essential meaning of something usually brought on by a simple or

common occurrence or experience.

Onomatopoeia A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes, such as buzz or hiss.

Diction An author's choice of words to convey a tone or effect

Utopia An imaginary place of ideal perfection.

Dystopia An imaginary place where people live dehumanized, often fearful lives.

Hyperbole An overstatement characterized by exaggerated language.

Deus ex machina Use of a contrived solution to solve a difficult situation, usually introduced suddenly and unexpectedly.

Antagonist Character or force in a literary work that opposes the main character, or protagonist.

Analogy Comparison of two things that are alike in some respects. Metaphors and similes are both types of analogy.

Nostalgia Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time.

Chiasmus Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second.

Thesis Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based.

Antithesis The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words or phrases.

Litote Form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis and intensity.

Doppelganger Ghostly counterpart of a living person, or an alter ego

Zeugma Grammatically correct linkage of one subject with two or more verbs or a verb with two or more direct objects. The linking shows a

relationship between ideas more clearly.

Formal Language Language that is lofty, dignified, or impersonal

Allegory Narrative form in which characters and actions have meanings outside themselves, usually personifications of abstract qualities

Abstract Not related to the concrete properties of an object; pertaining to ideas, concepts, or qualities, as opposed to physical attributes

In medias res Opening a story in the middle of the action, requiring filling in past details by exposition or flashback.

Colloquial Ordinary language or common local vernacular.

Isocolon Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length.

Aesthetic Pertaining to the value of art for its own sake or for form

Juxtaposition Placing of two items side by side to create a certain effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose

Elegy Poem or prose lamenting the death of a particular person.

Antihero Protagonist of a literary work who does not embody the traditional qualities of a hero (e.g., honor, bravery, kindness, intelligence)

Catharsis Purification or cleansing of the spirit through the emotions of pity and terror as a witness to a tragedy.

Epigraph Quote set at the beginning of a literary work or at its divisions to set the tone or suggest a theme.

Motif Recurrent device, formula, or situation that often serves as a signal for the appearance of a character or event

Parallelism Recurrent syntactical similarity where several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed alike to show that the ideas

in the parts or sentences equal in importance. It also adds balance, rhythm, and clarity to the sentence.

Anaphora Regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses.

Anadiplosis Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause.

Imagery Sensory details in a work; the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, call to mind an idea, or describe an object.

Euphemism Substitution of a milder or less direct expression for one that is harsh or blunt.

Voice The acknowledged or unacknowledged source of words of the story; the speaker, a "person" telling the story or poem.

Tone The attitude a literary work takes towards its subject and theme. It reflects the narrator's attitude.

Theme The central or dominant idea or concern of a work; the main idea or meaning.

Protagonist The chief character in a work of literature.

Mood The feeling or ambience of a work, created through descriptions of feelings or objects.

Realism The literary practice of attempting to describe life and nature without idealization and with attention to detail.

Prose The ordinary of form of written language without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.

Audience The person(s) reached by a piece of writing.

Asyndeton The practice of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.

Assonance The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words.

Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant sounds or any vowel sounds within a formal grouping.

Consonance The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels.

Invective The use of angry and insulting language in satirical writing

Point of view The view the reader gets of the action and characters in a story

Persona The voice or figure of the author who tells and structures the story and who may or may not share of the values of the actual author.

Syntax The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences.

Canon The works of an author that have been accepted as authentic.

Foreshadow To hint at or present things to come in a story or play.

Beg the question To sidestep or evade the real problem.

Personification Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by giving it human qualities.

Anachronism Use of historically inaccurate details in a text; for example, depicting a 19th-century character using a computer.

Ambiguity Use of language in which multiple meanings are possible.