Vocab!
Rhetorical Devices
The Crucible
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What is This?
100

 An indirect references to famous people, places, events

What is allusion

100

Using similar grammatical structures to create rhythm and balance.

What is Parallelism 

100

What was the name of the town on the play? 

What is Salmen 

100

The order of the RAINBOW

What is ROYGBIV

100

What type of rhetoteal device is this: "She has Bette Davis eyes"

What i s an allusion

200

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

What is syntax

200

Extreme exaggeration used to emphasize a point.

What is Hyperbole

200

Arthur Miller was married to this famous actress from 1956 to 1961

Who is Marilyn Monroe?

200

What is  the smallest state in the USA by area?

What is Rhode Island 

200

What type of rhetorical device is this?

"For sale: Baby shoes, never worn"

What is Pathos. 

300

The attitude or general character of a piece of writing and is often related to the attitude of the writer or speaker.

What is tone 

300

 Putting opposing ideas together in a parallel structure

What is Antithesis

300

 In real life, this is actually how old Abigail Williams was when the trials began.

What is eleven

300

What is the third planet from the Sun in our solar system? 

What is Earth 

300

What type of rhetorical device is this?

"Having visited over 60 countries, my travel advice is based on extensive experience"

What is ethos. 

400

An error in reasoning that occurs when invalid arguments or irrelevant points are introduced without any evidence to support them.

What is a logical fallacy

400

Repeating words at the end of successive clauses.

 

What is Epistrophe

400

The girl who replaces Abigail as the Proctors' servant, only to turn on them.

Who is Mary Warren?

400

 How many sides does a standard pencil have?

What is six

400

What type of rhetorical device is this? 

 "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife".

What is  Diction

500

The art of recognizing and seizing the precise, fleeting moment when an argument will be most effective is called

What is Kairos 

500

 Equating or comparing two different things to create vivid imagery. (you will have 2 answers)

What is Metaphor/Simile

500

Who said: "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!"  

Goody Proctor 

500

 What is the strongest muscle in the human body?

 The masseter (jaw muscle)

500

What type of rhetorical device is this? 

"Odysseus returns to his home disguised as a beggar to test his wife Penelope's faithfulness."

What is dramatic irony

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