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A brief reference to a famous person or event
What is Allusion?
The reason an author writes about a particular topic
What is Author's Purpose?
A rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement
What is Hyperbole?
The combination of two words of opposite meaning for dramatic, comedic or provocative effect
What is Oxymoron?
The art of using language effectively and persuasively to speak or write
What is Rhetoric?
To examine something carefully and in detail to understand its structure
What is analyze?
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
What is Diction?
Putting two contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising, witty, or even startling
What is Juxtaposition?
Successive words, phrases, clauses expressed with the same or very similar grammatical structure
What is Parallelism?
Any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience
What is Rhetorical Device?
The repetition of words at the beginning of a line
What is Anaphora?
The repetition of words at the end of a line
What is Epistrophe?
An argument based on facts, evidence and reason
What is Logos?
A quality in life, art, or writing that makes people feel deep sadness, pity or sympathy
What is Pathos?
A comparison between two things while using the words like or as
What is Simile?
Make a serious or urgent request, typically to the public
What is appeal?
A mild or pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive
What is Euphemism?
A piece of information, news, or a request sent from one person or group to another
What is message?
Assigning human qualities to something that is not human
What is Personification?
The stylistic means by which an author conveys his/her attitude(s) in a work of literature
What is Tone?
The intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium
What is audience?
An appeal to the audience using the speaker's credibility or authority
What is Ethos?
A comparison between two things without using the words like or as
What is Metaphor?
The repetition of words or phrases to build to a climax or add emphasis
What is Repetition?
A statement that represents something as smaller or less intense, or less important than it really is
What is Understatement?