What is a device that is used to form figurative language
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Give an example of imagery
What is (Answers may vary)
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Define invective
What is emotionally violent, abusive language
100
Antanagoge - places a criticism and compliment together to lessen the impact
Is this an antanagoge?
The car is not pretty but it runs great.
What is yes
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This rhetorical device is often referred to as a "sermon"
What is homily
200
_____ means the type of art, literature or music characterized by a specific form, content and style
What is genre
200
To draw a reasonable conclusion towards a situation is to
What is infer
200
Yes, I know I've lost my job, but I'm so looking forward to spending time at home.
This is an example of...
What is antanagoge
300
Shakespeare is a well known POET. POETRY IS A _ _ _ _ _
What is genre
300
"The best a man can get" (Gillette)
What type of rhetorical device is being used here?
What is hyperbole
300
Name the three different types of irony
What is verbal, situational, dramatic
300
Sherry's toddler is in bed upstairs. She hears a bang and crying. Sherry can infer that
What is her toddler fell out of bed
300
Metanoia - corrects or qualifies a statement
The answer is 2, not 4.
Is this metanoia
What is no
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What is the main detail about figures of speech?
What is figures of speech are often used to compare DISSIMILAR things. Examples include: hyperbole, irony, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox etc.
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Forgiveness
Grace
Global Warming
Greed
Judgment
Interpreting the Bible
Love
Judgment
Resurrection
Preparing for the Kingdom
These are all prominant topics for what rhetorical device?
What is homily
400
In the story that Mrs. Fahey told us about Lucy, what type of rhetorical device was the boyfriend using?
What is invective
400
What was the inference that we made about Kate Chopin due to reading her stories?
What is she hated her husband (answers may vary)
400
"To help, or at least, to do no harm"
What rhetorical device is being used here?
What is metonoia
500
Explain a generic convention
What is a term that describes traditions for each genre and helps differentiate them
500
How could a person tell he difference between journalistic writing opposed to an autobiography?
What is generic conventions
500
In short, how would a person identify a loose sentence?
What is by looking at if the main idea comes first, followed by the dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses
500
Give an example of each type of irony
What is (answers may vary)
500
Random: who went double platinum with no features?