Lit Terms
Rhetoric
poetic devices
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Ad Techniques
100
The writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject. It is also conveyed through the writer’s choice of words and detail
What is Tone
100
a rhetorical appeal that focuses on ethics, or the character or qualifications of the speaker
What is Ethos
100
Hyperbole
what is is deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.
100
the associations and emotional overtones attached to a word beyond its literal definition; if its a positive or negative thing
What is Connotation
100
Advertisers make it seem as if everyone is buying this product, so you better buy it too:
What is bandwagoning
200
The quality that makes his or her writing unique, and which conveys the author's(or speakers) attitude, personality, and character
What is voice
200
a rhetorical appeal that uses logic to cite facts and statistics, historical and literal analogies, and citing certain authorities on a subject
What is Logos
200
Alliteration
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds
200
First Person Point Of View
What is the telling of the story where the narrator is the main character. An "I," "Me" "We" story
200
Only super-cool people like you will even know about this product.
What is Avante-guarde
300
The arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence ; answering the questions Are the sentences short, long, simple, complex?
What is syntax
300
the emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions; to invoke sympathy from an audience; to get them to feel what the writer fee
What is Pathos
300
Anaphora
What is is a particular kind of repetition in which the same word or group of words is repeated at the beginnings of two or more phrases or lines.
300
Foreshadowing
What is hinting at things that will happen in the future
300
Advertisers use celebrities or just regular people to endorse the product
What is Testimonial
400
The words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses
What is Imagery
400
the emotional, ethical, and logical appeals used to try to persuade an audience to agree with the writer or speaker
What are Rhetorical Appeals
400
Rhyme Sceme for the following: Four Seasons fill the measure of the year; A There are four seasons in the mind of man: B He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear Takes in all beauty with an easy span: He has his Summer, when luxuriously lie Spring's honied cud of youthful thought he loves To ruminate, and by such dreaming high Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings He furleth close; contented so to look On mists in idleness—to let fair things Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook. He has his Winter too of pale misfeature, Or else he would forego his mortal nature.
What is A, B, A, B, C, D, C, D, E, F, E, F, G, G
400
Third-Person Limited Point Of View
What is a method of storytelling in which the NARRATOR knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally.
400
39% of smartphone owners admit to using their devices while going to the bathroom... Imagine all of those that DON'T... Germex avalible today for just $4.95
What is Facts and Figures
500
Word choice intended to convey a certain effect; Formal or Informal
What is Diction
500
when a trusted doctor gives you advice, you may not understand all of the medical reasoning behind the advice, but you nonetheless follow the directions because you believe that the doctor knows what s/he is talking about.
What is Example of Ethos
500
Sonnet
What is A fourteen line poem. Made up of three quatrains and one couplet.
500
Prose
What is Ordinary written or spoken language, using sentences and paragraphs, without deliberate or regular meter or rhyme; not poetry, drama, or song.
500
This technique gets you to associate the good feelings shown in the ad with the product itself.
What is transfer
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