Figurative language
Rhetorical Appeal
Literary Terms
Figurative Language cont..
Miscellaneous
100

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

what is alliteration

100

he emotions and ideals of the audience and elicits feelings that already reside in them

what is pathos

100

message within a narrative

what is theme

100

the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse

what is assonance 

100

a narrative in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.

what is foreshadowing

200

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

what is simile

200

the audiences' sense of reason or logic

what is logos

200
what the text is mostly about

what is central idea

200

the repetition of words or phrases in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines

what is anaphora

200

The opposite of what you would expect to happen.

what is irony


300

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.


what its metaphor

300

the writer's or speaker's trustworthiness

what is ethos

300

he goal or aim of a piece of writing


what is purpose

300

the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds

what is onomatopoeia 

300

Attitude in a piece of writing

what is tone


400

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

what is personification 

400

the “timeliness” of an argument

what is Kairos

400

the narrator's outlook or view on the story's events, characters, and the world

what is perspective 

400

a short expression that is peculiar to a language, people, or place that conveys a figurative meaning without a literal interpretation of the words used in the phrase.

what is idiom

400
What the story is about.

what is plot

500

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

what is hyperbole

500

 A conclusion or judgment made from insufficient evidence

Informal fallacies

500

the vantage point from which a story is presented

what is POV

500

a word or group of words that is self-contradicting

what is oxymoron 

500

is the art of giving deeper meaning to things beyond their literal appearance

what is symbolism

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