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Devices: Rhetorical
RDs
100
A comparison of two objects using "like" or "as."
What is simile
100
The appeal to audience's emotions
What is pathos
100
The dictionary definition
What is denotation
100

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." — Martin Luther King, Jr.

What is antithesis?

100

An issue or problem that prompts someone to write or speak out

What is exigence?

200

A contradictory statement that contains a truth. "Whoever loses life, shall find it."

What is paradox

200

An indirect, polite substitute for a word or idiom.

What is euphemism

200
awfully good (or crash landing) (or definite maybe)
What is oxymoron
200
The appeal to an audiences reason or logic
What is logos
200
The appeal of one's character or credibility to an audience
What is ethos
300

The faculty of observing in any given case the means o persuasion

What is rhetoric?

300
When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast.
What is juxtaposition
300

The arrangement of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. 

What is syntax? 

300
The implied or associated meanings of a term
What is connotation
300
Grammatical or structural framing device using similarity in a sentence or paragraph, involving repetition of a grammatical element such as a preposition or verbal phrase. Serves to draw attention, provide emphasis, organize, or provide a musical rhythm. "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." --Dickens
What is parallelism
400
The spread of ideas and information to further a cause

What is propaganda?

400
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
What is the antecedent
400
In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; from books come forth the laws of peace.”
What is Anaphora
400

a prejudice or preconceived notion that prevents a person from approaching a topic in a neutral or objective manner

What is bias?

400
An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable 

What is a concession?

500
The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing. Gives a work a conversational, familiar tone. Includes local or regional dialects.
What is colloquialism
500
Describes the author’s attitude toward his material, the audience, or both. Easier to determine in spoken language than in written language. Might be playful, serious, businesslike, sarcastic, humorous, formal, ornate, sardonic, somber.
What is tone
500

Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic or ironic effect; "This is the biggest and the greatest tax bill America has ever seen!"

What is hyperbole?

500
Verbal, situational, dramatic
What is irony
500
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. It explains something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar.
What is analogy