A writer deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.
What is an understatement?
100
Rhetoric
What is the art of argument and persuasion?
100
A term that makes a comparison between two or more things without the use of like or as.
What is a metaphor?
100
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
What are the three rhetorical appeals?
200
Occurs when a writer says one thing but means another.
What is verbal irony?
200
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. For example: No one goes to that restaurant because it is too crowded.
What is parody?
200
The person known as the “father of rhetoric”.
Who is Aristotle?
200
Hyperbole.
What is an extreme exaggeration of a particular subject?
200
Includes the author, audience, and purpose as all being connected.
What is the rhetorical triangle?
300
Humor, criticism, and some kind of moral voice.
What are the three necessary ingredients for satire?
300
An emotionally violent, verbal den unction or attack using strong, abusive language. For Example: accusing someone you believe was dishonest as a “filthy liar”.
What is an invective?
300
Occasion.
What is the time and place a text is written?
300
Words or phrases which cannot be taken literally; used for comparison, emphasis, or clarity.
What is figurative language?
300
Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.
What is an antithesis?
400
The four techniques of satire.
What are exaggeration, incongruity, reversal, and parody?
400
A figure of speech in which indirectness replaces directness of a statement to avoid offensiveness. For Example: “senior citizens” vs. “old people” or “pass away” vs. “die”.
What is euphemism?
400
The circumstances in which you communicate.
What is the rhetorical situation?
400
An expression in which the words used do not represent the meaning of the expression.
What is an idiom?
400
Understood as an effort to understand how people within specific social situations attempt to influence others through language.
What is a rhetorical analysis?
500
An exaggerated portrayal of the weaknesses, frailties, or humorous aspects of an individual or group.
What is caricature?
500
Figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.
What is a metonymy?
500
The five parts classical rhetoricians used to outline an oratory or speech.
What is an introduction, narration, confirmation, refutation, and conclusion.
500
Means the dictionary definition, or literal definition.
What is denotation?
500
Deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses.