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Rhetorical Devices
Oh, Brother, Vocabulary
Sentence Stuff
100
The preferred form of many dramatists in the 16th and 17th centuries. Unrhymed...ten syllables long.
What is blank verse?
100
The day, date and time you will write your exam.
What is Monday, January 25th @ 9:00 am?
100
Expressions that do not make sense in a literal sense.
What is idiom or idiomatic expressions?
100
Synonym for attacker.
What is assailant?
100
Another name for a dependent clause.
What is a subordinate clause?
200
When a poem or story has two levels, one of which is symbolic.
What is allegory?
200
Is the point of view you should use for writing the first two pieces of writing.
What is third person?
200
Language particular to a profession.
What is jargon?
200
Synonym for wealthy.
What is affluent?
200
This is an example of a sentence problem. "I've forgotten how to write sentences, I wish I had paid closer attention."
What is a run-on sentence?
300
A poem lamenting the loss of someone or something.
What is an elegy?
300
Is the type of writing used in the first written section of the exam.
What is an expository paragraph?
300
When a writer deliberately positions opposing ideas close together to show contrast.
What is juxtaposition?
300
Exaggerated masculinity.
What is machismo?
300
This type of word requires a possessive pronoun in front of it.
What is a gerund?
400
"He struts and frets his hour upon the stage."
What is consonance?
400
A strategy to help you to answer questions.
What is four?
400
"Splintering cold" is an example of this.
What is transferred epithet?
400
Synonym for invasion or raid.
What is incursions?
400
A rhetorical term for a succession of phrases, clauses, or sentences of approximately equal length and corresponding structure.“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.”
What is an isocolon?
500
Examples of rhetorical devices still in the original Greek language.
What are ethos, pathos and logos?
500
The three things to remember to improve your writing.
What are varied sentence length, varied sentence structure and elevated vocabulary?
500
A narrative technique that gives the impression of a mind at work, jumping from one observation, sensation, or reflection to the next.
What is stream of consciousness?
500
A tendancy to chronic relapse into crime or anti-social behaviour.
What is recidivism?
500
"I gave her cakes, I gave her Ale, I gave her Sake and Sherry" is an example of this sentence style.
What is an anaphora?