1st Nine Weeks Bellringer

Question 1

Rhetoric

Answer 1

The art of speaking and writing
(ex. Diction, exaggeration, repetition, fig. Language)

Question 2

Diction

Answer 2

Word choice

Question 3

Denotation

Answer 3

The dictionary definition of a word

Question 4

Connotation

Answer 4

The emotional association of a word

Question 5

Mood

Answer 5

Readers emotional feelings about the work or atmosphere created in the work (centered around readers reaction to the texts)

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

The authors attitude towards the work or something in the work
(authors attitude or feelings towards what their writing)

Question 7

Syntax

Answer 7

Order of words in a sentence or order of ideas in writing (the structure of the writing)
(Commas because the events are listed in a series)
(Parallel structure:
• Relaxed (v.)…, looked (v.)…, observed (v.)…
• Comfortable…, unique…, baby…)

Question 8

Loose

Answer 8

Main part occurs at the beginning of the sentence

Question 9

Periodic

Answer 9

Main part occurs at the end of the sentence

Question 10

Parallel structure

Answer 10

Using the same structure throughout a sentence for words, clauses, or phrases (can also be called balanced)

• ex. Parallel: We like going camping in the woods, fishing in the river, and hiking in the mountains.
• ex. Not parallel: We like going camping in the woods, fishing in the river, and to hike in the mountains.

Question 11

Antimetabole

Answer 11

The exact same words in two consecutive clauses, just reversed or criss crossed.
Ex. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Question 12

Anaphora

Answer 12

Intentional repetition of the first word(s) in consecutive sentences or clauses (can be one word or several)

Question 13

Antithesis

Answer 13

Opposite words or statements are juxtaposed for effect.
• Ex. Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

Question 14

Polysyndeton

Answer 14

Joining phrases, clauses, or sentences with a conjunction repeated over and over.

• Ex. I cooked dinner and folded the laundry and washed dishes and cleaned the bathrooms today.

• Ex. Without: I cooked dinner, folded laundry, washed dishes, and cleaned the bathrooms today.

Question 15

Asyndeton

Answer 15

Joining phrases, sentences, or clauses without a conjunction.

•Alone, afraid, exhausted, the girl pressed on to the train station.

•He practices, perfects, challenges his basketball moves.

Question 16

Subjective

Answer 16

Words that carry feelings

Question 17

Objective

Answer 17

Just facts-no emotions

Question 18

Homograph

Answer 18

Spelled alike but sound different

• bow of a ship and bow and arrow

Question 19

Homophone

Answer 19

Sound alike but spelled different

•see and sea
•there and their
•week and weak

Question 20

Palindromes

Answer 20

Are words/phrases/clauses that are spelled the same way forwards and backwards

•Otto
•level

Question 21

Dramatic irony

Answer 21

Writer reveals information to the audience or reader that the character doesn’t know

Question 22

Situational Irony

Answer 22

When the outcome of a situation is different from what’s expected

Question 23

Verbal Irony

Answer 23

Something is said that’s not really meant

Question 24

Allusion

Answer 24

A reference to something not in the story

Question 25

Logos (logic)

Answer 25

Facts, evidence, and conclusions that make sense and can be proven (when trying to persuade)

Question 26

Pathos (emotion)

Answer 26

Empathy or sympathy; aims to stir up feelings with pleasant, painful, or touching images to affect people

Question 27

Ethos (ethical)

Answer 27

An appeal to authority or a demonstration of a persons credibility; persuasion using knowledge of subject or by showing they know people in high places (creates trusting bond between writer/speaker and the audience)