A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature
What is an anecdote?
100
A sharp caustic remark. A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually
bitterly or harshly critical.
What is sarcasm?
100
appeals to logic
What is logos?
100
A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person
What is epitaph?
100
Ordinary language; the vernacular
What is Colloquia?
200
regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or
clauses
What is anaphora?
200
A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness
What is satire?
200
don’t follow a logical sequence. The conclusion doesn’t logically follow the explanation. These fallacies can be found on both the sentence level and the level of the argument itself.
What is a Non Sequitur argument?
200
In dramatic literature, the moral element that determines a character's actions, rather than thought or emotion.
What is ethos?
200
Use of historically inaccurate details in a text; for example, depicting a 19th-century character using a computer.
What is an anachronism?
300
A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief.
What is aphorism?
300
A satirical imitation of a work of art for purpose of ridiculing its style or subject.
What is a parody?
300
Purification or cleansing of the spirit through the emotions of pity and terror as a witness
to a tragedy.
What is catharsis?
400
Narrative form in which characters and actions have meanings outside themselves;
characters are usually personifications of abstract qualities
What is allegory?
400
Form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis
and intensity
What is litote?
400
A form of deduction. An extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument
What is a Syllogism?
400
A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters
What is epistolary?
400
Substitution of a milder or less direct expression for one that is harsh or blunt.
What is Euphemism?
500
The practice of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses
What is asyndeton?
500
The use of angry and insulting language in satirical writing
What is Invective?
500
have little relevance to the argument at hand
What is a Red Herring?
500
Quote set at the beginning of a literary work or at its divisions to set the tone or suggest a theme
What is epigraph?
500
A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character