Diction
Type of Works
Syntax
Figure of Speech
Rhetorical Device
100
The several meanings of a word or phrase.
What is ambiguity
100
A short narrative story about a funny or interesting event.
What is anecdote
100
Framing of words or clauses to form structural similarity or balance
What is parallelism
100
Deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
What is hyperbole
100
Using character or story symbolically beyond literal meanings.
What is allegory
200
A choice of diction where the sounds of words imitate natural sounds.
What is onomatopoeia
200
"sermon", speech about moral or spiritual advice.
What is homily
200
the repetition of sounds, especially consonance.
What is alliteration
200
A comparison that is implied without using "like", "as".
What is metaphor
200
"Pointedly foolish", usage of contradictory words
What is oxymoron
300
When slang is used instead of formal language
What is colloquialism
300
A mistake in verbal reasoning that partially makes sense. Designed to mislead.
What is logical fallacy
300
The word referred to by a pronoun
What is antecedent
300
One that addresses someone that is not present -- absent, imaginary, or dead.
What is apostrophe
300
The writer's attempt to evoke the readers' strong emotions, often a deep feeling of suffering.
What is pathos
400
Using a emotionally violent or degrading choice of words.
What is invective
400
A type of work that targets human vices or social problems in order to reform or ridicule.
What is satire
400
Inverted parallelism - "...ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country."
What is chiasmus
400
The sensory details used to describe.
What is imagery
400
A deductive logic where a conclusion is came to with according to two premises.
What is syllogism
500
When the name of something is substituted the name of something else that is closely related to it.
What is metonymy
500
"To or against the person", appeals to emotion instead of reason.
What is Ad hominem argument
500
A type of syntax in which the main idea of the sentence comes first, and dependent clauses follow.
What is loose sentence
500
To confirm something by denying its opposite.
What is litotes
500
A persuasive device the writer uses to sway the audience's attention and response.
What is rhetorical appeal.
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