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Rhetorical Modes
Syntax
Argument
Literary Devices
Wild Card
100
a method of sorting, grouping, and analyzing things by categories or breaking down an entire whole into separate parts
What is classification and division?
100
a complete sentence that is neither compound nor complex
What is simple sentence?
100
reiterating a word, phrase, or idea to secure emphasis
What is repetition?
100
a recurring image, word, object, phrase, or action that tends to unify a work of literature
What is motif?
100
a specialized language providing a shorthand method of quick communication between people in the same field
What is jargon?
200
a method for specifying the basic nature of any phenomenon, idea, or thing
What is definition?
200
the pattern or structure of the word order in a sentence or phrase
What is syntax?
200
the basis of a logical argument, this consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
What is syllogism?
200
a statement that seems contradictory or absurd but may actually be well-founded or true
What is paradox?
200
reflects the author's attitude toward the subject or audience
What is tone?
300
writing that seeks to clarify, explain, or inform
What is exposition?
300
the repetition of conjunctions in close succession
What is polysyndeton?
300
this is asked solely to produce an effect and not to elicit a reply
What is rhetorical question?
300
a type of figurative language in which the whole is used for the part or the part is used for the whole
What is synecdoche?
300
the overall atmosphere of a work
What is mood?
400
the telling of a sequence of events and/or experiences
What is narration?
400
a sentence which is NOT grammatically complete until its end
What is periodic sentence?
400
giving one's opponent credit for the opponent's ideas so that one may appear reasonable
What is lending credence?
400
a figure of speech characterized by the substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word
What is metonymy?
400
a technique that points out the flaws in people or societal institutions, often using irony, wit, or exaggeration
What is satire?
500
explaining how something works in separate, easy-to-follow steps
What is a process analysis?
500
a sentence which is grammatically complete before its end
What is loose sentence?
500
redefining a negative situation to make it sound positive (or vice versa), using deception to misrepresent reality
What is spin?
500
a form of understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite ("she was not unmindful)
What is litotes?
500
the use of words that by their sound suggest their meaning
What is (spell it correctly for 500 points!)