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Figurative Language
Persuasive Devices
Rhetorical Strategies
Rhetorical Stategies
Rhetorical Stategies
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When two nouns are used to compare or contrast one antother..."I am a rainbow."
What is a metaphor?
100
A fallacy in which a course of action is recommended on the ground that everyone else is following it, so you should too.
What is bandwagon.
100
The feeling of a piece of work. (Reader)
What is mood.
100
Sentence Structure
What is syntax.
100
Word Choice
What is diction.
200
The usage of details and descriptions in order to create a sensory experience for the reader.
What is imagery?
200
A personal experience or observation used to support an argument
What is a testimonial.
200
The repeating of words throughout the piece.
What is repetition.
200
An Author's attitude towards the subject of his work.
What is tone.
200
The author's personality of a piece.
What is voice.
300
A figure of speech that indirectly compares two different things by employing the words "like", "as", or "than".
What is a simile?
300
A persuasive device that is an attempt to identify with common, everyday people
What is plain folks.
300
The use of concrete objects as a representation of a greater idea.
What is symbolism.
300
Compare and Contrast
What is juxtaposition.
300
Interrupts the discussion and addresses directly a person or personified thing, either present or absent. Its most common purpose in prose is to give vent to or display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back.
What is apostrophe.
400
The repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words and/or phrases
What is an alliteration?
400
Questions posed to raise an issue or create an effect rather than to get a response: You may well wonder, "What's in a name?"
What is a rhetorical question.
400
Structuring sentences similarly. Ex: Running, jumping, and flying. vs. Running, jumping, and to fly.
What is parallel structure.
400
The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences, commonly in conjunction with climax and with parallelism.
What is anaphora.
400
The use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause, and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton.
What is polysyndeton.
500
The exaggeration to create emphasis or effect.
What is a hyperbole?
500
A logical fallacy that attempts to use fear to persuade the audience to adopt a specific way of thinking
What is an appeal to fear.
500
Mocking something in order to promote change.
What is satire.
500
Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. In a list of items, it gives the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity, of an extemporaneous rather than a labored account. Ex: She likes pickles, olives, raisins, dates, pretzels. Vs. She likes pickles, olives, rasins, dates, and pretzels.
What is asyndeton.
500
Another form of metaphor, very similar to synecdoche in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with (but not an actual part of) the subject with which it is to be compared. Ex:The orders came directly from the White House.
What is metonymy.