Figurative Language
What type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-human objects or animals?
What is personification?
This rhetorical device uses two opposite ideas in a single sentence for contrast.
What is antithesis?
This fallacy attacks a distorted version of someone’s argument rather than the actual argument.
What is a strawman?
This type of reasoning moves from specific examples to a general conclusion.
What is inductive reasoning?
What is the reason an author writes, such as to persuade, inform, or entertain?
What is the author’s purpose?
"Her smile was as bright as the sun" is an example of what figurative language?
What is simile?
What do we call a question that is asked to make a point rather than to get an answer?
What is a rhetorical question?
What fallacy involves drawing a conclusion based on insufficient evidence?
What is a hasty generalization?
Reasoning that infers the best explanation for observations is called what?
What is abductive reasoning?
What term refers to how the author’s feelings and experiences influence their writing?
What is author’s perspective?
This figurative language uses repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
"She stole his heart and his wallet" is an example of what device?
What is zeugma?
What do we call a fallacy that distracts from the main issue by bringing up an unrelated topic?
What is a red herring?
What type of reasoning moves from general principles to specific conclusions?
What is deductive reasoning?
First person, second person, and third person are examples of what narrative element?
What is point of view?
What term describes a comparison that doesn’t use “like” or “as”?
What is a metaphor?
What rhetorical device occurs when the opposite of what is expected happens?
What is situational irony?
Which fallacy involves using the conclusion as evidence for itself?
What is circular reasoning?
Sherlock Holmes often used this type of reasoning to find explanations for mysteries.
What is abductive reasoning?
When an author writes a biased article in favor of one side of an argument, this reflects what?
What is author’s perspective?
Identify the term for an exaggerated statement like, “I’ve told you a million times.”
What is hyperbole?
Which rhetorical device involves saying the opposite of what one means, often to mock or scorn?
What is sarcasm?
Identify the fallacy where the conclusion does not logically follow from the premises.
What is a non-sequitur?
What type of reasoning is used when predicting that all apples will be sweet because the ones you've tried are?
What is inductive reasoning?
Identify the author’s purpose in a novel designed to teach a moral lesson.
What is to inform or to entertain?