APA/ Essay Writing
Rhetorical Devices/ Figures of Speech
Vocabulary
Julius Casear
MISC.
100

What does "et al" mean in Latin when referring to citing sources with more than two authors?

"and others"

100

What is a hyperbole?

a figure of speech that exaggerates the meaning of a statement.

100

Richard Wright was influential in James Baldwin's career. 

Wright's book Native Son can be considered the _____ for Baldwin's Notes of Native Son essays.

Prescursor

100

The audience knowing that the conspirators are plotting to kill Caesar, but he still believes Brutus is his ally is what type of irony?

Dramatic Irony

100

T or F: Shakespeare was born in London, England

False, Stratford-upon-Avon, England

200

What page of your essay includes your name, institution, date of of submission, professor's name, and class description?

Title Page

200

"Break a leg"" is an example of what figure of speech?

Idiom

200

Using context clues from the sentence below, what does the word diaphanous mean?


Mrs. Brown's diaphanous demeanor was often misinterpreted as carefree.

Light and airy

200

The Soothsayer warns Caesar of what date?

The Ides of March/ March 15th

200

Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third is known as a what?

Haiku

300

The argument opposing the author's claim is known as what?

Counterclaim

300

Using images to indirectly express ideas or qualities, is known as what in literature?

Symbolism
300

What word that starts with the letter 'D" means to  belittle, depreciate? 

Deprecate

300

Together, Crasuss, Caesar and Pompey made up what type of group

Triumvirate 

300

"Sympathy" was a poem written by what writer?

Paul L. Dunbar

400

What are 3 different types of evidence used to defend a claim?

Anecdotal evidence
Analogical evidence
Evidence
Statistics
Testimonial evidence
Experiments
Personal experience
Quotations
Expert opinion
Interviews
Statistics derived from large studies
Survey methodology
Textual evidence
Observation
Paraphrasing
Summary
Example
Historical evidence
Printing
Testimonial


400

According to Aristotle, what are the 3 main modes of persuasion? 

Ethos, Pathos, Logos

400

Using context clues from the sentence below, what does diffident mean?


"Some of your peers are very diffident and need to be encouraged."

shy, quiet, modest

400

Act 1 Scene 1 of Julius Caesar begins in the middle of the narrative, this is known as what in Latin?

In media res

400

Who was Pompey to Julius Caesar?

His son in law

500

How would cite this source using the APA in- text citation structure

Author Name: James Taylor, Year of Publication: 2009

(Taylor,2009).

500

What are the 3 main types of irony?

Situational Irony

Dramatic Irony

Verbal Irony

500

Finish the sentence using a 9 letter word that has the letters c, and r in it. 


"The student lost his Richard Wright binder, this put him in a ______ with Dr. Clark."

conundrum

500

What festival was occurring in Act 1 Scene 1 and what was the date date?

Festival of Lupercal, February 15

500

Define journalism...

the collection, preparation, and distribution of news and related commentary.