Diction
What is the rhetorical device where similar words are used but one is a surprise?
Zeugma
Which device is a comparison of two "unlikes," normally a concrete object with an abstract idea?
Metaphor
The rhetorical device that uses opposing words in balanced phrases or sentences is..
Antithesis
The rhetorical device where the "and" between the last two items in a list is omitted is known as..
Asyndeton
How many patterns of development are there?
8
What device uses words that point to the five senses?
Imagery
The rhetorical device of understatement is..
Meiosis
The repetition of a key word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines is which rhetorical device..?
Anaphora
The rhetorical device that allows an "and" or an "or" to be placed between every item in a list is called...
Polysyndeton
The three appeals are..
Ethos, logos and pathos
Antonomasia
The rhetorical device concerned with parts and wholes is..
Synecdoche
The art of placing two elements near each other for the purpose of comparing and/or contrasting is which device?
Juxtaposition
A type of sentence that is “to+a verb” is called..?
An infinitive
What are the three parts of the rhetorical situation?
Exigence, audience and purpose
Is Shakespeare’s writing considered colloquial or archaic language?
Archaic
Which device gives a living characteristic to an inanimate object or abstract idea?
Personification
Does a hortative or imperative sentence commands, enjoin, entreat, or implore?
Imperative
A noun phrase that renames a noun and usually has two commas is a type of sentence structure called..
An appositive
Simply put rhetoric is...
The art of persuasion
This device is the suggested meaning of something rather than its literal meaning
Connotation
A figure of speech which designates something by the name of an object associated with it is the rhetorical devise called..
Metonymy
The rhetorical device where the order of key words is reversed to create a new point that sticks in the reader's mind is called?
Antimetabole
A “verb+ing” that functions as a noun is what type of sentence?
A gerund
What is the difference between tone and mood?
The tone of writing can be a wide range of emotions and can be from different perspectives like third or first person. Mood is how an author’s work makes the reader feel.