Rhetorical Devices
Euphemism is ...
What is a polite version of a phrase/word that replaces words that are rude and/or impolite
I said "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" Who am I and what work am I from?
Gatsby from The Great Gatsby
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." What piece of literature is this from and who was the author?
What is Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
What does credulity mean?
tendency to believe something too readily; gullibility
"It took only ten minutes for Harvey Ball to create the smiley face. It is now an iconic image with two black marks for eyes and a black grin on a bright yellow background."
A. face—a now-iconic image
B. face: a now-iconic image
C. face; a now-iconic image
D. face, now an iconic image
What is C
Litote is ....
What is using a double negative to create a positive phrase
I said "I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" Who am I and what work am I from?
Who is John Proctor from The Crucible
"I can't go to a priest because I'm not Catholic. I can't go to a lawyer because I haven't done anything to consult a lawyer about. All I did was kill my kids. One at a time. Killed them all."
Lester Billings from "The Boogeyman" by Stephen King
Something that is defunct is ...
no longer operative, valid, or functional; no longer alive or in existence
After swimming for years in a giant loop from nesting grounds in North Carolina and Florida to North Africa, sea turtles find their way back to nest on beaches within about 50 miles of where they were born. A new study suggests that the turtles are able to accomplish this feat by “memorizing” their home beach’s distinctive magnetic signature through a process known as geomagnetic imprinting.
A. NO CHANGE
B. there home beaches
C. their home beaches
D. there home beach's
What is A?
a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses; when a word or adjective applies to more than one noun
What is zeugma?
I said, "She would have been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life" Who am I and what piece of literature am I from?
Who is the Misfit and "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
"__________ would raise her eyebrows at these familiar old complaints and look right through her mother, into a shadowy vision of herself as she was right at that moment: she knew she was pretty and that was everything." What name completes this sentence and what is the author OR title of the work it's from?
What is Connie from "Where are you Going, Where Have you Been" by Joyce Carol Oates
If someone is acting in a languid manner, how are they behaving?
without energy; lacking vigor; sluggish
In 2014, Scottish artist Katie Paterson started a new project, one that would ultimately last a century and relying solely on hope and the goodness of future generations. That project, called the Future Library, is now well underway. It will result in an anthology of 100 books, printed in the year 2114, using paper from trees from a newly planted Norwegian forest.
A. NO CHANGE
B. century, and rely
C. century and rely
D. century; relying
What is C?
Polysyndeton is ...
What is the repetition of "and" (or other conjunction) instead of commas in a list?
I said, "“There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.” Who am I and what work am I from?
Narrator from "The Yellow Wallpaper"
"Deep sadness is an artist of powers that affects people in different ways. To one it comes like the stroke of an arrow, shocking all the emotions to a sharper life. To another, it comes as the blow of a crushing strike." What is this from and extra credit for the author.
What is "The Boarded Window" by Ambrose Bierce?
Why would "The Prodigal Gatsby" be a good alternative title to the novel (The Great Gatsby)?
extravagant to a degree bordering on recklessness; giving or producing something in large amounts
It wasn’t that long ago that putting food in liquid nitrogen was something you’d only see in a high school science class, but it’s also becoming a mainstay of modernist cooking. It’s odorless, tasteless, and harmless because it’s so cold (–320.44°F to be exact), it boils at room temperature and evaporates out of your food as it rapidly chills it.
A. NO CHANGE
B. tasteless, and harmless, and because
C. tasteless and harmless, because
D. tasteless, harmless and because,
What is B?
Epizeuxis is ...
repetition of a word for emphasis
I said, "It isn't fair, it isn't right!" Who am I and what piece of literature am I from?
Who is Tessie from "The Lottery"
"You must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between." Who said this and how does it reveal a theme about the work its from?
Who is Deputy Governor Danforth
resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital -- what word am I?
What is adventitious
In pumping her “Wonderful Hair Grower” door-to-door, at club gatherings, and eventually through a mail-order catalog, Sarah Walker—who eventually decided to promote herself professionally under the name, Madame C.J. Walker, proved to be a marketing magician who sold her customers more than mere hair products. She offered them a lifestyle, a concept of total hygiene and beauty that in her mind would bolster their pride.
A. NO CHANGE
B. name Madame C.J. Walker,
C. name, Madame C.J. Walker
D. name Madame C.J. Walker—
What is D?