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a greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's 3 rhetorical appeals
What is ethos?
100
A word, phrase, or clause that does not form a full sentence.
What is fragment?
100
inversion
What is in-ver-jin?
100
I saw two, tiny, yellow, calm canaries in the cage at the zoo
What is Modifier?
100
Brian arrived at the line up and sat on his board, John slipped into the water.
What is omniscient narrator?
200
explanation of a texts meaning through an analysis of all its constituent parts, including the literary devices used; also called close reading
What is explication of text?
200
Urging or strongly encouraging.
What is hortatory?
200
ironie
What is irony?
200
Sally signed as she continued washing potatoes for tonight's dinner then she cut them into slices and put them in the pan.
What is narration?
200
Jumbo Shrimp
What is oxymoron?
300
The relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or an idea is presented.
What is pacing?
300
Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses(sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing).
What is imagery?
300
juckstahposition
What is juxtaposition?
300
The pen is mightier than the sword
What is Metonymy?
300
The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields --- 9.5 million square feet.
What is a fact?
400
The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect.
What is figurative language?
400
A sentence that requests or commands.
What is imperative sentence?
400
logos
What is low-goes?
400
An analysis of main effect and interaction was conducted.
What is nominalization?
400
Don't go near the water until you've learned to swim.
What is paradox?
500
An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning.
What is figure of speech?
500
Reasoning from specific to general.
What is induction?
500
metahfor
What is metaphor?
500
Christmas is on December 25th.
What is occasion?
500
The loss we felt was not the loss of ham but the loss of pig.
What is parallelism?
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