So Much Rhetoric
Fiction Terms
Nonfiction Terms
Poetry Terms
Wild Card
100
The use of a question for persuasion that doesn't really need to be answered by the reader.
What is rhetorical question
100
A conversation between two or more people.
What is dialogue?
100
The main idea or main point that the author is making, or what the text is mostly about.
What is the central idea?
100
Direct comparison; state something is Ex. "The front is a cage."
What is Metaphor
100
The feeling created by a piece of literature.
Ex. Joyful, Mournful
What is mood?
200
a techniques or appeals writers or speakers use to PERSUADE their audience
Rhetorical Appeals
200
Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
200
When an author is instructing, entertaining, or persuading the reader.
What is the purpose?
200
Phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across.
(Ex: simile, idiom, metaphor, etc)
What is figurative language?
200
The author/speaker's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
300
What's the appeal?
What is Logos
300
an object, person, situation, event, or action that represents something else.
what is Symbol/symbolism
300
The act of coming to a conclusion based on facts or making and educated guess.
What is an inference?
300
What is the pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
300
When a character struggles with an internal or external force.
What is a conflict?
400
What is the appeal?
What is Pathos
400
A reference to a person, place, or another work of literature.
Ex. In Persepolis, Marji talks about listening to Kim Wilde & Iron Maiden.
What is an allusion?
400
How a passage is organized.
Ex. Compare and contrast, cause and effect, etc.
What is structure?
400
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another.
broken baby bottle
What is alliteration?
400
When two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect
Ex. Living death, jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
500
What is Ethos
500
The positive or negative feelings/emotions that are associated with a word.
What is connotation?
500
To help in identifying central idea one must consider...
Text features, the 5 W's ( who, what, where, when, why,) how the 1st & last sentences in a text
500
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What are couplets?
500
A brief and sometimes witty story that focuses on a single interesting event, often in order to make a point or teach a moral lesson.
What is an anecdote?