Interrogative statement meant to draw a specific reply form the audience.
What is a rhetorical question?
100
these arguments suggest that one thing will lead to another, oftentimes with disastrous consequences.
What is slippery slope?
100
historical, literary, religious, or mythical references
What are allusions?
100
He hates hypocrisy, and eventually goes to the gallows to save his name.
Who is John Proctor?
100
The three types of free-response (essay) questions.
What are synthesis, rhetorical analysis, and argumentative?
200
From the Greek word for “feeling”; the quality in a work of literature that evokes high emotion, most commonly sorrow, pity, or compassion.
What is pathos?
200
arguments that attack a person’s character rather than their reasoning
What is ad hominem?
200
characters personify abstractions like hope or freedom in this
What is allegory?
200
"He's so dumb, he doesn't know he's alive."
Who is George Wilson?
200
"Loving hate" and "motionful suspension" are examples.
What are oxymorons?
300
"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is periodic sentence?
300
"If you vote for this candidate, your children's futures will be at stake!"
What is scare tactics?
300
a work that humorously riducules human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions
What is satire?
300
She was described as an elf child.
Who is Pearl?
300
Using the term "ethnic cleansing" rather than "genocide" is an example of this.
What is euphemism?
400
initial independent clause followed by a number of subordinate constructions
What is cumulative sentence?
400
“Sure, we haven’t given raises in over five years to our employees, but you know, we work really hard to make a good product. We try to ensure the best customer service, too.”
What is red herring?
400
"I came to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage."
What is synechdoche?
400
A bitter woman because she lost seven of her babies.
Who is Goody Putnam, or Ann Putnam?
400
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player /
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage.”
-William Shakespeare
What is metaphor?
500
“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav’n.”
-John Milton
What is antithesis?
500
(visual clue!)
Post hoc (false causality)
500
an extended metaphor or surprising analogy that shows intellectual cleverness
What is conceit?
500
"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."