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The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader or audience
What is persona
100
Whatever he touches turns to gold-----Whatever he touches functions as what in the sentence
What is a noun clause
100
A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
What is an extended metaphor
100
A fanciful expression usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects
What is a conceit
100
Describes the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing
What are rhetorical modes
200
In rhetoric, a figure in which an affirmative is expressed by a negation of the contrary
What is litotes
200
Insincere or overdone sentimentality
What is bathos
200
A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
What is an adage
200
Deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises one a major and the second a minor that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion
What is a syllogism
200
A short, witty statement of a principle or truth about life "Early bird gets the worm"
What is an aphorism
300
A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term
What is euphemism
300
Conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings
What is ambiguity
300
What is the syntactical structure of the following: Maria registered for all her classes by mail; Brad was not able to do so.
What is a compound sentence
300
An apparent contradiction of terms
What is an oxymoron
300
The deliberate omission of conjunctions
What is asyndeton
400
Excessive pride that often affects tone
What is hubris
400
Resolution at the end of a narrative or drama
What is denouement
400
Repetition of an idea using different words
What is reiteration
400
Words that do not appeal imaginatively to the reader's senses
What is abstract diction (i.e. love, hate,feelings)
400
A sentence that makes a statement
What is a declarative sentence
500
The part of the sentence that is not a grammatical subject; it often says something about the subject
What is a predicate
500
Most cats are quite choosy about their food and eat rather delicately is what type of sentence
What is a simple sentence
500
Narrowly academic instead of broad and humane; excessively petty and meticulous
What is pedantic
500
A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or the whole represents a part
What is synecdoche (i.e. wheels for car)
500
An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics or religion
What is polemic
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