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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent of closely connected words
What is alliteration?
intended to instruct
What is didactic?
the act of expounding, setting forth, or explaining
What is exposition?
a word that takes the place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
a literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities and follies
What is satire?
a word referred to by a pronoun
What is antecedent?
a sentence that makes a statement
What is declarative sentence?
exaggerated statements
What is hyperbole?
What is parallelism?
an argument set up so as to be easily refuted or defeated
What is straw man?
a short and amusing story about an incident or person
What is a anecdote?
characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
What is colloquial?
an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
What is euphemism?
a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect or ridicule
What is parody?
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole
What is synecdoche?
a statement put forth and supported by evidence
What is argument?
A fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt
What is begging the question?
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
What is juxtaposition?
a sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
What is periodic sentence?
irony which deliberately represents something as much less than it really is
What in understatement?
a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
What is ad hominem?
a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent
What is complex sentence?
affirmation of an idea by using a negative understatement (opposite of hyperbole)
What is litotes?
the four common modes of discourse
What is narration, description, exposition and argument?
a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
What is syllogism?