(ENG4U1AP) Literary and Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

What is the difference between literary and rhetorical devices?

Answer 1

Literary devices are in written form
Rhetorical devices are in spoken form

Question 2

Define:
Allusion

Answer 2

A reference to well-known event, person or thing (E.x. literature, history, Greek mythology, Bible)

Question 3

What is the difference between an allusion and an example?

Answer 3

Allusions are not explained
Examples are explained references

Question 4

Define:
Symbol

Answer 4

An object that represents something other than what it is
Can be shared by all members of a culture or be personal in nature

Question 5

Define:
Hyperbole

Answer 5

An extreme exaggeration

Question 6

What is a hyperbole used for?

Answer 6

For emphasis of a fact or for comedy

Question 7

Define:
Understatement

Answer 7

Makes something sound smaller/less important than it really is

Question 8

What is an understatement used for?

Answer 8

Can be used to entertain or reduce the importance of something

Question 9

Define:
Simile

Answer 9

A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”

Question 10

Define:
Metaphor

Answer 10

A comparison between two things without using “like” or “as”

Question 11

Metaphors and similes are __________ comparisons, not _______

Answer 11

Figurative
Literal

Question 12

Define:
Personification

Answer 12

Giving human traits to an inanimate object/non-human entity

Question 13

Define:
Imagery

Answer 13

Language that connects to the senses, creating vivid impressions

Question 14

What is used in imagery?

Answer 14

Concrete details, adjectives and figures of speech

Question 15

Define:
Analogy

Answer 15

Extended comparison of 2 things on multiple levels or points for the purposes of explanation

Question 16

What is the difference between an allusion and an analogy?

Answer 16

An analogy can be explained unlike an allusion

Question 17

Define:
Euphemism

Answer 17

Substitution of a less negative word or phrase for a harsh or blunt one

Question 18

Define:
Paradox

Answer 18

A statement that contradicts itself

Question 19

Define:
Rhetorical Question

Answer 19

A question whose answer is already known or implied

Question 20

Define:
Parallel Structure (Parallelism)

Answer 20

Recurrent syntactical similarity used to connect or stress ideas
Repitition of structure or syntax

Question 21

What does syntax mean?

Answer 21

The order of words

Question 22

Define:
Short Sentence

Answer 22

Grammatically correct but short sentence

Question 23

What does a sentence need?

Answer 23

A noun and a verb

Question 24

What is a short sentence often used for?

Answer 24

Often for emphasis

Question 25

Define: Sentence Fragments

Answer 25

Incomplete sentences

Question 26

What are sentence fragments often used for?

Answer 26

Often to place emphasis

Question 27

Define: Climactic Word Order

Answer 27

Presents several facts in order from least important to most important

Question 28

Define: Allegory

Answer 28

A narrative in which characters and sometimes the setting represent general concepts and ideas

Question 29

True or False: Allegories are commonly used in essays

Answer 29

False, allegories are not common in essays

Question 30

Define: Alliteration

Answer 30

The repetition of initial sounds (e.x. consonance)

Question 31

What is alliteration used for? Where is it the most common?

Answer 31

The repeated consonance is used to draw attention More commonly used in poetry

Question 32

How many types of basic irony are there? What are they?

Answer 32

3 Verbal Irony Dramatic Irony Situational Irony

Question 33

Define: Irony (as a whole)

Answer 33

A statement or situation that means the opposite of what it appears to mean

Question 34

Define: Verbal Irony

Answer 34

Saying the opposite of what one means (e.x. sarcasm)

Question 35

Define: Dramatic Irony

Answer 35

When the audience knows something a character is ignorant of

Question 36

Is dramatic irony common in essays?

Answer 36

No, dramatic irony is not common in essays

Question 37

Define: Situational Irony

Answer 37

Occurs when a twist of fate reverses an expected outcome

Question 38

What forms of irony are possible in essays?

Answer 38

Verbal Irony Situational Irony

Question 39

Define: Onomatopoeia

Answer 39

Words that sound like the sound that they represent