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A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point.
What is a rhetorical question
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It is the author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work. It appeals to human senses to deepen the reader's understanding of the work:

Imagery

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a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar
What is a similie
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The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life.
What is theme.
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To hammer home a point and make it memorable by using... 

Repetition

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When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens
What is irony.
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An appeal based on a person or character.
What is ethos
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An emotional appeal.
What is pathos.
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Name three different types of imagery (correct terms needed) 

Visual, Olfactory, auditory, tactile or gustatory

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This is a triple repetition that adds emphasis

Tricolon or list of threes or tripartite list

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Giving human characteristics to something not human
What is personification.
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The techniques and rules for using language effectively -- also viewed as persuasive speech
What is rhetoric
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A reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance
What is allusion
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A story or brief episode told by the writer.
What is an anecdote.
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The sentence or group of sentences that express the author's main point
What is thesis.
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A deliberate exaggeration to prove a point.
What is a hyperbole.
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This is sensory description
What is a imagery.
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The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter
What is parallelism
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"of the people, by the people, for the people" is an example of this literary device
What is parallelism
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The repetition of "We have..." at the beginning of phrases in "The Gettysburg Address" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is anaphora?
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These are words like, ‘think about the plight of...’ or ‘forget your previous ideas about...’. These are used to push a reader into thinking that the need to agree or is urgent.

Imperatives or forceful words

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When two opposite viewpoints, ideas or concepts are placed close to each other for effect.

Antithesis or Juxtaspostion

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An appeal to reason
What is logos.
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a writer/speaker raises a question, and then immediately provides an answer to that question

Hypophora

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This is the speaker's attitude in the writing
What is tone.