1/13 Rhetorical Terms

Question 1

Parody

Answer 1

Imitation of a particular writer, artist, or a genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comedic effect

Question 2

Dramatic Irony

Answer 2

Characters withing a story are unaware of a situation, but the audience is aware of the situation

Question 3

Situational Irony

Answer 3

Something happens to someone that is contradictory to expectations

Question 4

Verbal Irony

Answer 4

What is said is the opposite of what one means, used with sarcasm a lot

Question 5

Stereotype

Answer 5

A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

Question 6

Regionalism

Answer 6

A word or phrase used in/coming from a particular region that is not a part of the standard language

Question 7

Hamartia

Answer 7

The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to their downfall

Question 8

Asyndeton

Answer 8

Intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentance

Question 9

Polysendeton

Answer 9

Proces of using conjunctions or connecting words frequently in a sentence, placed closely together to one another

Question 10

Apostrophe

Answer 10

A writer/speaker detaches himself from reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech

Question 11

Parallelism

Answer 11

Use of component in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar

Question 12

Parable

Answer 12

Short stories with a morale and universal truth