VOICE
DICTION
SYNTAX
FALLACY
RHETORICAL DEVICES
100
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
What is the group of devices that allows writers to operate BEYOND a literal level?
100
EUPHEMISM
What is the name for a more acceptable and pleasant way of saying something inappropriate or uncomfortable?
100
ANTECEDENT
What is the name for the word or phrase to which the pronoun refers?
100
NON-SEQUITUR
What is the name for the fallacy including a sentence that does not logically follow the previous sentence or idea?
100
SYNECDOCHE
What is the name for the figure in speech in which a part of an idea is meant to represent the whole idea?
200
TONE
What conveys the author's attitude towards the subject?
200
CACOPHONY
What is the name for a harsh or rough-sounding diction?
200
PERIODIC SENTENCE
What is the name for a sentence that presents its main clause AT THE END of a sentence?
200
OVERSIMPLIFICATION
What is the name for the fallacy that reduces a complex or complete idea to a much more simple idea?
200
HYPERBOLE
What is the name of the figure of speech that exaggerates a claim (and is not meant to be taken literally)?
300
DICTION
What is the name for the author's choice of words that conveys tone, attitude and style?
300
EUPHONY
What is the name for a nice or pleasant-sounding diction?
300
ELLIPSIS
What is the name for a series of three periods meant to indicate a continuation, omission or drift from an original idea?
300
HASTY GENERALIZATION
What is the name for the fallacy that draws a conclusion based on insufficient evidence?
300
METONYMY
What is the name for the figure of speech in which a representative term (or part) is used to convey a larger idea (or whole)?
400
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
What is the rhetorical element that provides coherence and flow in writing?
400
DENOTATION
What is the name for a literal definition (or dictionary definition)?
400
RHETORICAL QUESTION
What is the name for a question that does not expect an explicit response, used often to bring the audience to their own conclusions?
400
ARGUMENT AD HOMINEM
What is the name for the fallacy that includes arguing based on attacking one's opponent's personal character or beliefs?
400
ANTITHESIS
What is the name for the figure of speech that presents two contrasting ideas, connected by words or paragraphs?
500
Syntax
What is the name for sentence structure commonly seen in prose and poetry?
500
CONNOTATION
What is the name for an intended, accepted or implied definition of a word?
500
SARCASM
What is the name for a comic technique that ridicules through caustic language or verbal irony?
500
BEGGING THE QUESTION
What is the name for the fallacy that which makes a claim leading the audience to falsely believe that the conclusion is true?
500
PUN
What is the name for the device that uses a play on words for wit or cleverness?
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