Figurative Language
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Appeals
Author's Craft
Vocabulary and Language
100
  1. This figurative device compares two things using "like" or "as."
     

Answer: Simile

100

Repeating words or phrases for emphasis.
 

Answer: Repetition

100

This appeal uses facts, statistics, and logical reasoning.
 

Answer: Logos

100
  1. The central lesson or message of a story.
     

 Answer: Theme

100

Words with strong emotional associations used to influence readers.

Answer: Charged Language

200

This figurative device compares two things without using "like" or "as."
 

 Answer: Metaphor

200

Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences or clauses.
 

Answer: Anaphora

200

This appeal tries to influence the audience's emotions.
 

Answer: Pathos

200

The reason an author writes a text.
 

Answer: Author's Purpose

200

Repeating an idea using different words to make it clearer.

Answer: Restatement

300

This type of exaggeration is used to emphasize a point.
 

Answer: Hyperbole

300

Using similar grammatical structure in a sentence or series of sentences.
 

 Answer: Parallelism

300
  1. This appeal relies on credibility, trust, or authority.
     

Answer: Ethos

300

The lesson or idea the author wants readers to understand.
 

Answer: Author's Message

300

Language that uses creative comparisons rather than literal meaning.
 

Answer: Figurative Language

400

This figurative language appeals to the five senses.
 

Answer: Imagery

400

Placing opposite ideas close together in a sentence.
 

 Answer: Antithesis

400

“According to scientists at Harvard University…” is an example of this rhetorical appeal.
 

Answer: Ethos

400

The main goal when an author tries to convince the reader of something.
 Answer: Persuade

Answer: Persuade

400
  1. Using humor or exaggeration to criticize society or human behavior.
     

 Answer: Satire

500

When an author continues a metaphor throughout several sentences or an entire text.
 

Answer: Extended Metaphor

500

A rhetorical device used when a speaker repeats key words to make an idea stronger.
 

Answer: Repetition

500

“Thousands of animals suffer every year due to pollution” appeals to this rhetorical strategy.
 

Answer: Pathos

500
  1. This type of figurative language makes something seem less important than it really is.
     Answer: Understatement

Answer: Understatement

500

Political cartoons are often examples of this literary technique.
 

Answer: Satire