Devices
Rhetorical Appeals
Vocabulary
Grammar
Vocab 2
100

What is giving human qualities to inanimate objects called? 

personification

100

Which appeal is logical to the audience? 

Logos

100

What is a noun that represents a particular religious movement that called for simple and very strict rules of worship, discipline, and morality?

Puritanism

100

What acronym is used to remember 7 coordinating conjunctions?

FANBOYS

100

What is a verb meaning to scold or severely criticize someone who has done wrong? 

upbraid

200

What is a comparison of 2 unlike things without using like or as? 

metaphor

200

Which appeal is emotional to an audience? 

Pathos
200

What is a noun that means intense greed? 

avarice

200

What acronym is used to remember 5 subordinating conjunctions? 

SWABI

200

What is a noun that means relevance or significance? 

bearing

300

What is it called when a reader is able to form images in their mind through descriptions? 

imagery

300

Which appeal is based on the author's expertise?

Ethos

300

What is an adjective that means unfair, wrong, or evil? 

iniquitous

300

What acronym is used to help remember conjunctive adverbs like however, meanwhile, otherwise, also, and therefore? 

THAMOS

300

What is a noun that was an intellectual movement in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries where reason, logic, and philosophy were emphasized? 

Enlightenment

400

What is an exaggeration or something called? 

hyperbole

400

Who created the rhetorical appeals? 

Aristotle

400

What is an adjective that means a state of darkness, usually used figuratively, lacking knowledge or education? 

benighted

400
What is a group of words with a subject and verb, but can't stand alone as a complete sentence? 

dependent clause

400

What is a noun that represents a period of religious revival and renewed commitment to religious belief? 

Great Awakening

500

What is a call back or reference to something known, usually another piece of literature? 

allusion

500

Which Rhetorical Appeal is this an example of? Ex: Over a hundred people were crowded under the deck with no light, making it uninhabitable for everyone on the ship. 

Logos

500

What is a noun that means kinship; the state of being linked by bloodline to common ancestors? 

consanguinity

500

When a sentence starts with words like because, although, when, or who and add time, reason, and description to a sentence, it creates a complete sentence known as what? 

independent clause

500

What is a noun that is the state of being generous? 

magnanimity

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