Rhetoric 1
This is the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables. "She sells seas shells by the sea shore."
What is an alliteration?
The principle suggests that people can most easily remember something if it is said three different times.
What is the rule of three?
This is the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.
What is irony?
This is the feeling or ambiance resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the author's attitude?
What is mood?
This is the attitude the writer takes toward a subject and theme.
What is tone?
This is the manner in which a writer combines and arranges words, shapes, and utilizes syntax and structure.
What is style?
This is a literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure.
What is a satire?
This is a term identifying the diction of the common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area.
What is colloquial?
A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference.
What is allusion?
This is an obvious exaggeration for effect?
What is hyperbole?
This is a narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrate multiple levels of meanings and significance.
What is allegory?
Questions that are not intended to be answered, but asked by the author or speaker in order to make a point.
What is rhetorical questions?
This is a figure of speech that sounds like it contradicts itself. Example: Jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
This is an act or instance of placing two elements close together or side by side. This is often done in order to compare/contrast the two, to show similarities or differences, etc.
What is juxtaposition?
This is a type or class of literature, such as epic, narrative, poetry, etc...
What is genre?
This is when an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration.
What is flashback?
This is the apeal to authority.
What is ethos?
This is the appeal to pity and emotions.
What is pathos?
This is the appeal to logic and reason.
What is logos?
This is a mode of discourse that tells a story of some sort and it is based on a sequence of connected events, usually presented in a straightforward, chronological framework.
What is narrative?
A statement that proves, or attempts to prove, that another statement is false.
What is refutation?
Refers to the “timeliness” of an argument.
What is a Kairos?
The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels, such as pitter-patter, splish-splash.
What is consonance?
An idea or feeling that the word gives you as well as its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
This is the choice of words in writing, usually directed toward a particular audience.
What is diction?