The Basics
The meaning of the work as a whole; the underlying message in a work.
What is a theme?
Touching the smooth silk.
Used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations to invoke an emotional response.
What is loaded language?
Juliet stabs herself in the bosom, thinking Romeo is already dead.
What is dramatic irony?
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work.
What is allusion?
The reason for creating a text: to inform, to persuade, and/or to entertain.
What is author's purpose?
Inside the kitchen, your sniffer might get a whiff of some delicious soup, a meaty lasagne, and a chocolate cake baking in the oven.
What is olfactory imagery?
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
What is rhetoric?
A marriage counselor divorces her third husband.
What is situational irony?
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
What is juxtaposition?
The components of Aristotle's triangle.
An overwhelming sense of dread.
What is organic imagery?
A group or groups who receive media's messages.
What is audience?
A police station is robbed.
What is situational irony?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
What is anaphora?
The three rhetorical appeals.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
Once at the dining table, you savor the tangy red sauce, salty cheese, and al dente pasta as you dig into mom's lasagne.
What is gustatory imagery?
Promoting a specific point of view in a text and deliberately excluding others.
What is bias?
You and your friend are driving through a thunderstorm. Your friend turns to you and says, “beautiful weather we’re having.”
What is verbal irony?
The author’s feeling about a topic; the general character or attitude of a piece of writing.
What is tone?
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
What is diction?
A powerful train chugging down the track, its wheels blurred from speed as it moves toward the next station.
What is kinesthetic imagery?
Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
What is jargon?
You walk into your little brother's room. It's a disaster. You say, "nice place you've got here."
What is verbal irony?
Three words or clauses that grow in intensity.