Schemes
A technique where a question is asked that is not meant to be answered
What is a Rhetorical Question?
A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb
What is a Clause?
The three appeals of rhetoric
What are Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
A technique used when an author wishes to explain the meaning of a term
What is a Definition?
Giving an inanimate object or an idea human qualities
What is Personification?
A technique where the author repeats the same word or phrase at the beginning of some sentences or phrases
What is an Anaphora?
“All’s fair in love and war”
What is a Juxtaposition?
A rhetorical appeal that asserts the speaker’s credibility
What is Ethos?
Use of examples in order to cement an idea
What is an Exemplification?
The phrase “Her smile is like a ray of sunshine” is an example of this rhetorical device
What is a Simile?
Two successive clauses with parallel syntax but reverse order of words
What is a Chiasmus?
The deliberate removal of conjunctions between clauses
What is an Asyndeton?
When the author appeals to reason through statistics or logical thinking
What is Logos?
When the author uses a story in order to demonstrate their purpose
What is an Anecdote?
“The navy had 1000 sails” is an example of this rhetorical device
What is a Synecdoche?
The classical nursery rhyme “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” is an example of this literary device
What is an Apostrophe?
The sentence, “he brought oranges, and apples, and grapes, and pears” would be an example of…
What is a Polysyndeton?
The authors use of language in order to emotionally engage the reader
What is Pathos?
Using juxtaposition to show the differences and similarities between two things or ideas
What is Compare and Contrast?
The phrase “jumbo shrimp” would be considered this type of trope
What is an Oxymoron
This literary device is best represented in this Socrates quote, “Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.”
What is a Chiasmus?
The usage of two contrasting words in a grammatically similar way, but typically with different meanings…
What is a Zeugma?
The principle classified by Invention, Arrangement, Style, Memory, and Delivery…
What are the Five Canons of Rhetoric?
When an author uses specific language in order to explain a procedure or method for completing a task
What is Process Analysis?
“... to pass away” is an example of this technique
What is Euphemism?