Vocabulary
Rhetorical Strategies
Figurative Language
Parts of a Precis

Elements of SPACECAT
100

Identify the correct term: High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

What is bombastic?

100

Ethos, pathos, and logos are known as this.

What are the rhetorical appeals? 

100

Identify the figurative language device:

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are..."

What is an apostrophe?

100

A precis represents this paragraph in a rhetorical analysis.

What is the introduction?

100

These 5 parts of the acronym SPACECAT represent the rhetorical situation and should be stated in the introduction. 

What are S-P-A-C-E?

200

Identify the correct term: (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words

What is laconic?

200

This concept is the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. 

What is tone?

200

Identify this figurative language device:

"Music is the sound of the best and worst moments of the worst and best lives."

What is chiasmus?

200

This sentence includes the title, author, publication date, and a "that" clause which contains the major claim of the work.

What is sentence one?

or 

What is the first sentence?

200

This element should be stated in the infinitive form. 

What is the purpose?

300

Identify the correct term: using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor.

What is wry?

300

This combination is typically presented through an argument in order to persuade the audience. 

What are concession and refutation?

300

Identify this figurative language device:

"He kicked the bucket."

What is euphemism?

300

Sentence three includes the author's purpose and one more important discussion piece. 

What is the author's goal?

300

This element identifies the rhetorical strategies presented in the text. 

What are the choices?

400

Identify the correct term: (of speech or writing) expressing praise and commendation

What is laudatory?

400

This term describes the use of storytelling in order to teach a moral lesson.

What is an anecdote?

400

Identify this figurative language device:

"Check out my new wheels!"

What is synecdoche?
400

This sentence identifies the audience the relationship established with them by the author. 

What is sentence four?

or

What is the fourth sentence?

400

This element identifies the author's attitude toward the subject/audience. 

What is the tone?

500

Identify the correct term: difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious

What is enigmatic?

500

This term refers to the use of a specific reference as an artistic device. 

What is an allusion?

500

Identify this figurative language device:

"All over Ireland the farmers grew potatoes, wheat, and tired."

What is zeugma?

500

Sentence two includes these crucial elements presented in a work.

What are the rhetorical strategies?

500

This element identifies the immediate need to write the piece. 

What is the exigence?