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Argument Arrangement
Tone Words
100
The giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects
What is personification
100
Repetition of a word or group of words at the beginning of successive sentences
What is anaphora?
100
A very short sentence, many times less than five words.
What is a telegraphic sentence?
100
A method of developing a paragraph or essay that recalls events or explains how something occurs. This type of argument development arranges information in chronological order.
What is narrative
100
Illustrating innermost thoughts
What is reflective
200
A play on words, usually for humorous effect
What is pun
200
Repetition of words, phrases, or clauses in order of importance
What is climax
200
He maketh me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters.
What is a balanced sentence
200
A method of developing a paragraph or essay that is used to explain the nature or people, places, or things. This type of pattern development often relies heavily on information from the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.
What is description
200
Deeply earnest, grave
What is solemn
300
A part of something used to refer to the whole
What is Synecdoche
300
When parallelism is used to juxtapose words, phrases, or clauses that contrast
What is antithesis
300
That morning, after a turbulent flight and some exciting experiences, we reached Edmonton.
What is a periodic sentence
300
An avalanche is a huge snow slide that rushes down the side of a mountain, carrying large trees, rocks, and other debris in its path. Avalanches are similar to landslides but can be more dangerous and destructive. Avalanches can occur when huge amounts of new snowfall on layers of snow and ice that have become unstable because of melting. They can also be triggered by explosions or earthquakes.
What is cause and effect.
300
Purposefully hurtful
What is malicious
400
Applies to expressions in which a single word (often a verb) connects two other words not related in meaning
What is Zeugma
400
A scheme similar to antithesis, in which words are repeated in different grammatical forms
What is antimetabole (or chiasmus)
400
A sentence with two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence
400
The viola is a stringed instrument in the violin family. It is only slightly larger than the violin and is tuned at a lower pitch. Like its smaller relative, the viola is held on the shoulder under the chin and is played with a bow. While the violin has many uses, the viola is used mainly in orchestral and chamber music.
What is definition?
400
Marked by anger aroused by injustice
What is indignant
500
A seemingly self-contradictory statement that also makes sense
What is paradox
500
Leaving out words to accelerate the rhythm
What is asyndeton (i will take ellipsis)
500
In California, oranges grow
What is inverted order
500
There are many types of stringed instruments. The violin family is made up of the violin, viola, cello, and double bass. Fretted instruments (frets are strips that show players where to put their hands) include the banjo, mandolin, lute, ukulele, and guitar. Related to these instruments are the lyre and the harp. The dulcimer, zither, and psaltery form another family, whose strings are stretched over flat sound boxes. Finally, there are the keyboard stringed instruments such as the piano, clavichord, and harpsichord.
What is classification
500
Hot-tempered, easily angered
What is choleric