In writing it is using word choice like precise words and strong verbs.
What is Diction?
100
A question that is asked and then immediately answered.
What is Hypophora?
100
Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of phrases, clauses, or sentences.
What is Anaphora?
100
Contrasting ideas or images in writing.
What is Juxtaposition?
200
Logic used to support a claim (induction and deduction); can also be the facts and statistics used to help support the argument.
What is Logos?
200
Part of syntax that includes length, order of words, and beginnings.
What is Sentence Structure?
200
A statement that seems false or absurd, but is in fact true.
What is Paradox?
200
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive phrases or clauses.
What is Epistrophe?
200
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
What is Parallelism?
300
The source's credibility, the speaker's/author's authority.
What is Ethos?
300
Used in syntax for creating effect while employing devices like pausing and giving emphasis of expression in our voices in order to help the reader understand the written word.
What is Punctuation?
300
A question asked that is not meant to be answered.
What is Rhetorical Question?
300
Deliberate omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.
What is Asyndeton?
300
The first half of the sentence opposes the second half of the sentence.
What is Antithesis?
400
The author's attitude or sentiments revealed by the writer's style.
What is Tone?
400
Syntax that includes the nouns, verbs and adjectives as well as the set of rules that written language uses to combine words to create sentences.
What is Parts of Speech?
400
Used when one is addressing an imaginary character in speech.
What is Apostrophe?
400
Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
What is Anadiplosis?
400
The verb is applied to 2 different topics but is really only appropriate for one.
What is Zeugma?
500
A new way of thinking or feeling that the author is attempting to get you to experience; or the beliefs the author is trying to challenge
What is Author's Purpose?
500
The artful syntax that includes the arrangement of words to create a well-formed sentence.
What is Scheme?
500
A saying of general truth.
What is Aphorism?
500
Deliberate use of many conjunctions.
What is Polysyndeton?
500
The inversion of parallel ideas within a sentence.