A deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis, effect, or humor.
What is hyperbole?
Tone: The author or speaker's _________ toward their subject, audience, or themselves.
What is attitude?
This term clarifies abstract ideas by grounding them in real or relatable examples.
What is exemplification?
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
What is asyndeton?
Metaphor: A comparison of two seemingly...
What is unalike things?
A reference to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, without explicit identification
What is allusion?
Simile: A comparison implied by using the words ________ (4 total).
What is like, as, than, or if?
This term helps the reader/audience more realistically visualize the author’s writings, thus immersing them in the text.
What is imagery?
"Let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire... Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York..."
What is anaphora?
Personification: Occurs when the author endows inanimate objects with...
What is human qualities?
A writer lists details or parts of something, often to strengthen an argument or provide clarity.
What is enumeration?
Diction: refers to a writer’s ___________ word choice, which affects tone, meaning, and style.
What is intentional?
This term forces audiences to juxtapose opposing ideas to emphasize differences and create meaning.
What is antithesis?
"She was a lion; he was a lamb."
What is juxtaposition?
A short, personal story about a real or, sometimes, fictional event or experience,
What is anecdote?
The deliberate use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions (and, or, but, nor) than are necessary or natural.
What is polysyndeton?
Implication: a writer suggests or hints at something without ________.
What is stating it directly?
This term emphasizes a central idea or theme, reinforces key points to make them more memorable, and creates rhythm or a sense of urgency.
What is repetition?
"We'll sail into the unknown West, taking our fastest ship, our brightest crew, chasing the escaping sun."
What is cumulative sentence?
Give an example of a rhetorical question!
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The grammatical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.
What is parallelism?
Asyndeton: The deliberate omission of ___________ between words, phrases, or clauses.
What is conjunctions?
This term subtly influences the reader/audience to ponder the question and arrive at the desired answer on their own.
What is rhetorical question?
"Across the fog, to the Lands Between, despite all obstacles, you will become Elden Lord."
What is periodic sentence?
Give an example of asyndeton!
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