Rhetorical Terms
Two opposing ideas in a sentence or within close proximity in a paragraph.
What is antithesis?
The author's choice of words as well how he/she uses them in a text.
What is diction?
This type of question deals with basic understanding.
What is reading comprehension?
Comparing two dissimilar things.
What is metaphor?
This tone word refers to being resentful or cynical.
What is bitter?
Saying the opposite of what you mean, or a situation where the result of an action is dramatically different than intended.
What is irony?
Appealing to someone's sense of concrete facts and logic.
What is logos?
Looking for a connection between the beginning and end of a paragraph would be this type of question.
What is relationship between parts of the text?
A vivid description using all or any of the five senses.
What is imagery?
This tone word is used for harshness or severity.
What is acerbic?
Placing two very different ideas together for a specific new effect.
What is juxtaposition?
This strategy uses a combination of similar and dissimilar elements to create a particular effect.
What is compare and contrast?
The number of questions you will have on the exam and the amount of time you have to complete them.
What is 45 and one hour?
Reference to a significant (often historical) person, place or event to provide insight.
What is allusion?
This tone word represents being abrupt in manner; blunt; rough.
What is brusque?
The reason or moment for writing or speaking.
What is occasion?
This device requires beginning a sentence with the last word of the preceding sentence.
What is anadiplosis?
"The passage implies that unlike hurricanes, tornadoes are not given human names ....." is this type of question.
What is inference or implication?
Using a part to refer to the whole.
What is synecdoche?
This tone word is soothing in time of distress or conflict.
What is comforting?
The relationship between the audience, speaker, and subject as it relates to the text.
What is the rhetorical traingle?
The manner in which sentences are constructed; usually to do with grammar and word choice.
What is syntax?
"In line 56, the acorns represent..." is this type of question.
What is interpreting figurative language?
A figure of speech and form of verbal irony in which understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive, often incorporating double negatives for effect.
What is litotes?
Serious or solemn; feeling of threatening a seriously bad outcome or involving serious issues; critical.
What is grave?