What is a method of persuasion by means of the credibility of the author’s character?
100
Theme
What is the main idea or “message” of a literary work?
100
A personal presentation of events and characters influenced by the author’s feelings and opinions
What is subjectivity?
100
Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle
What is the relationship between the speaker, audience, and subject?
100
Metaphor
What is a comparison between two unlike things without the use of “like” or “as”?
200
Pathos
What is a method of persuasion by means of appealing to the emotions of the audience?
200
The characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subject, and audience
What is tone?
200
Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance or a facet of personality
What is caricature?
200
The acronym used to identify the speaker, subject, audience, occasion, and purpose of a text
What is SOAPS?
200
Simile
What is a comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”?
300
Logos
What is a method of persuasion by means of appealing to logic?
300
The total “sound” of a writer’s style
What is voice?
300
An element in literature that conveys a realistic portrayal of a specific geographic locale, using the locale and its influences as a major part of the plot
What is regionalism?
300
The circumstances in which you communicate
What is the rhetorical situation?
300
Deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis
What is hyperbole?
400
ASPCA commercials
What is an example of pathos?
400
Short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point
What is an anecdote?
400
Repetition
What is a word or phrase used multiple times in close proximity?
400
Factors which can affect the author and his/her audience
What are age, experiences, gender, location, political beliefs, parents and peers, and education?
400
Figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases, such as “jumbo shrimp,” “cold fire,” “wisest fool,” etc.
What is an oxymoron?
500
"History has shown time and again that absolute power corrupts absolutely." –Lord Acton.
What is an example of logos?
500
Implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the reader’s mind
What is connotation?
500
A term used to describe writing that borders on lecturing; it is scholarly and academic and often overly difficult and distant
What is pedantic?
500
Genre
What is the category or type of writing of a piece of literature?
500
The leaves on the trees had just begun to change colors, all varieties of green being replaced by vibrant shades of red, orange, yellow, and purple.