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Devices: Rhetorical
RDs
100
A comparison of two objects using "like" or "as."
What is simile
100
The appeal to audience's emotions
What is pathos
100
The dictionary definition
What is denotation
100
Intentional exaggeration to create an effect.
What is hyperbole
100
The way words are arranged in a sentence
What is syntax
200
A contradictory statement that contains a truth. "Whoever loses life, shall find it."
What is paradox
200
An indirect, polite substitute for a word or idiom.
What is euphemism
200
awfully good (or crash landing) (or definite maybe)
What is oxymoron
200
The appeal to an audiences reason or logic
What is logos
200
The appeal of one's character or credibility to an audience
What is ethos
300
First person, third person limited, third person omniscient
What is point of view
300
When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast.
What is juxtaposition
300
The doctor wrote a subscription
What is malapropism
300
The implied or associated meanings of a term
What is connotation
300
Grammatical or structural framing device using similarity in a sentence or paragraph, involving repetition of a grammatical element such as a preposition or verbal phrase. Serves to draw attention, provide emphasis, organize, or provide a musical rhythm. "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." --Dickens
What is parallelism
400

The students spent all their time researching, reading, writing, pondering, daydreaming, sleeping.

What is Asyndeton

400
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
What is the antecedent
400
In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; from books come forth the laws of peace.”
What is Anaphora
400

intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights 

What is WIT

400

 A sentence with the main point (independent clause) at the beginning of it, followed by some side points (subordinating clauses)

What is loose sentence

500
The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing. Gives a work a conversational, familiar tone. Includes local or regional dialects.
What is colloquialism
500
Describes the author’s attitude toward his material, the audience, or both. Easier to determine in spoken language than in written language. Might be playful, serious, businesslike, sarcastic, humorous, formal, ornate, sardonic, somber.
What is tone
500

A figure of speech involving a "turn" or a change of sense


"Stop and smell the roses"

What is trope

500
Verbal, situational, dramatic
What is irony
500
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. It explains something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar.
What is analogy
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