the study of effective, persuasive language use; available means of persuasion
What is rhetoric
100
the subject performs the action
example: The snow drifted gracefully to its resting place.
What is active voice?
100
This character appoints herself a sister of mercy.
Who is Hester Prynne?
100
The gentleman who marries Portia.
Who is Bassanio?
100
She is the first one who tries to "sivilize" Huck.
Who is Widow Douglass?
200
reasoning from general to specific
What is deductive reasoning
200
Use commas before and after these words, phrases, and clauses, that is, elements embedded in the sentence that interrupt it without changing the meaning
What is a nonessential phrase?
200
This character is believed to be the Black Man.
Who is Roger Chillingsworth?
200
Portia's maid
Who is Nerissa?
200
He is killed in the family feud.
Who is Buck Grangerford?
300
the admitting of a point claimed in argument; a reluctant acknowledgement or yielding
What is concession?
300
the action is being performed on the subject
example: The football was thrown short by the quarterback.
What is passive voice?
300
The character who is a widow and practices witchcraft.
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
300
The man who elopes with Shylock's daughter
Who is Lorenzo?
300
Owner of the plantation where Jim is held prisoner
Who is Silas Phelps?
400
a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used between phrases, clauses or words
What is polysyndeton?
400
a noun or a noun phrase placed next to another word to define or modify it
example: The boy looked at them, big black ugly insects.
What is an appositive phrase?
400
The first settler of Boston
Who is Reverend Blackstone?
400
servant of Shylock and Bassanio
Who is Launcelot Gobbo?
400
He convinces the crowd not to lynch him.
Who is Colonel Sherburn?
500
a device in which indirectness replaces directness of a statement, usually to avoid offensiveness
What is euphemism?
500
a phrase that modifies the whole sentence; it has a subject and a partial verb
example: His hands raw, he reached a flat place at the top.
What is an absolute phrase?
500
This character dies on the night the letter A is seen in the sky.