Lit Device
Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words or syllables in sequence.
Alliteration
(n) the condition of being first in time or importance
Primacy
Greek word for “embodied thought.” Speakers appeal to reason by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, fact, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up.
logos
What part of the body produces/releases insulin?
Pancreas
Syn) suggestive
Equivocate
A syntactical or grammatical structure that uses a series of like phrases or clauses is a form of
parallelism
(adj) wandering or straying
errant
Greek word for “character.” Speakers appeal to this to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a topic.
ethos
How many times did Ross Geller marry and divorce on Friends?
3 times
What is the only word in the dictionary that is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly
A long speech delivered by one actor alone on stage is called
soliloquy
(n) An inexperienced person; amateur
novice
Greek for “suffering” or “experience.” Speakers use this to appeal emotionally motivate their audience. Special appeals might play on the audience’s values, desires, and hopes, on one hand, or fears and prejudices, on the other.
pathos
When did Shakespeare die?
1616
Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction. Ex: This supernatural soliciting/Cannot be ill, cannot be good.
Antithesis
A brief remark made by a character on stage who wants to only share information with the audience or one other character is called
aside
(n) that which comes before; a forerunner
Precursor
a dentist in a toothpaste commercial
ethos
What month was Julius Caesar stabbed in?
March
A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: “fair is foul and foul is fair”
Paradox
The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs; for example, "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills" is
anaphora
(adj) of or related to informal speech; conversational
colloquial
No one coming to Grandpa's birthday party.
pathos
Banksy is an artist known for working with which medium?
Graffiti
(n) an image or idea associated with a word
Syn) overtone
Connotation