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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, or emotional appeal?
100
The entity to whom the writer addresses her or his work and by which we may determine purpose.
What is audience?
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
Term that would describe the following examples: awfully good (or crash landing) (or definite maybe) (brilliant idiot)
What is oxymoron?
200
The appeal to an audiences reason or logic
What is logos or rational appeal?
200
The appeal of one's character or credibility to an audience
What is ethos or appeal to a higher power?
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
a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
What is mood?
300
The implied or associated meanings of a term
What is connotation?
300
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity
What is metaphor?
400
Using the exact same word, phrase, sentence, etc. several times in order to create emphasis or effect.
What is repetition?
400
A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for its persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
What is a rhetorical question?
400
A technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule.
What is satire?
400
Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance, ex. "Of the people, by the people, for the people. . ."
What is parallel structure?
400
A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art
What is an allusion?
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
The practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals.
What is personification?
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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