when two cases are not sufficiently parallel to lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them. Assuming without sufficient proof that if objects or processes are similar in some ways, then they are similar in other ways as well
What is False Analogy
100
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.
What is FORESHADOWING
100
the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person , a thing, a place, or an experience.
What is IMAGERY
100
a discrepancy between appearances and reality.
What is IRONY
100
one in which the main clause comes first, followed by further dependent grammatical units.
What is LOOSE SENTENCE
200
a type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in silly, far-fetched situations.
What is FARCE
200
basing a claim upon an isolated example or asserting that a claim is certain rather than probable. Sweeping generalizations occur when a writer asserts that a claim applies to all instances instead of only to some.
What is Generalization
200
reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
What is Induction
200
poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit.
What is JUXTAPOSITION
200
a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles.
What is METAPHOR
300
words which are inaccurate if interpreted literally, but are used to describe. Similes and metaphors are common forms.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
300
a sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action
What is HORATIVE SENTENCE
300
a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work (or in several works by one author), unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme.
What is MOTIF
300
is a form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through the negation of a negative form:
What is LITOTES
300
a figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it.
What is METONYMY
400
a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time.
What is FLASHBACK
400
a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect.
What is HYPERBOLE
400
an emotionally violent verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language
What is Invective
400
a term applied to fiction or poetry which tends to place special emphasis on a particular setting, including its customs, clothing, dialect and landscape.
What is LOCAL COLOR
400
An atmosphere created by a writer’s diction and the details selected.
What is MOOD
500
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.
What is FORESHADOWING
500
sentence marked by the use of connecting words between clauses or sentences, explicitly showing the logical or other relationships between them.
What is HYPOTACTIC
500
the reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.
What is INVERSION
500
logical appeal.
What is Logos
500
“it does not follow”; using irrelevant proof to buttress a claim