Figurative Language
Appeals
Choices
Speaking in Riddles
Form, Structure, Language
100
Having multiple meanings.
What is ambiguity?
100
An appeal that arouses emotions.
What is pathos?
100
The reversal of the normal order of words for effect.
What is inversion?
100

The way of speaking characteristic of a particular region.

What is dialect?

100
The author's attitude towards his or her subject.
What is tone?
200
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for effect.
What is hyperbole?
200
Rhetorical appeal based on reasoning and logic.
What is logos?
200
A timeless pattern that appears across cultures and times.
What is an archetype?
200

The literal definition of a word vs. the secondary meaning.

What is denotation & connotation?

200
The use of vivid and sensory language to represent objects, actions, ideas.
What is imagery?
300
A comparison between things for the sake of argument.
What is analogy?
300

What are the three "E's" that help us to remember the appeal to a speaker's credibility?

What are Ethics, Experience and Expertise?

300
The close imitation of style of something particular, usually exaggerating for comedic effect.
What is a parody?
300
A brief recounting of a relevant episode, usually to inject humor or make a point.
What is an anecdote?
300

The framing of words, phrases or clauses to provide structural similarity and balance.

What is parallelism?

400
The opposite of something, may be a contrast within parallel phrases:"Many are called but few are chosen."
What is antithesis?
400

A speaker who establishes "common ground" with a hostile audience is primarily building this appeal.

Ethos

400
The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses: "I came, I saw, I conquered."
What is anaphora?
400
A brief story that teaches a lesson, usually with animal characters.
What is a fable?
400

A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said.

What is understatement? Or Meiosis?

500
A truth that embraces opposites: light is a particle and a wave.
What is a paradox?
500
unrhymed iambic pentameter verse.
What is blank verse?
500
The reversal of grammatical order from one phrase to the next, indicating an opposite in meaning: judge not, lest you be judged.
What is chiasmus?
500
An expression that has two meanings, one of which is usually risque.
What is double-entendre?
500

A style of writing that conveys the inner workings of a character's mind.

What is stream of consciousness?

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