English 2 honors

Question 1

Rhetoric

Answer 1

The art of persuasion, everything you say, do, dress, body language, speeches, commercials.

Question 2

Ethos

Answer 2

credibility, by definition means the common attitudes, beliefs, and characteristics of a group or time period, this appeal sets up believability in the writer

Question 3

Pathos

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plays on emotions and interest of a sympathetic audience

Question 4

Logos

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logical reasoning, combining a clear idea (or multiple ideas) with well-thought-out and appropriate examples and details (Stats, Math, Proof)

Question 5

Archetypal Symbols

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Archetypal symbols are images, motifs, objects, colors, numbers, or animals which have universal meaning

Question 5

Ad Hominem argument

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AN argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason to feeling rather than intellect. (ATTACKING THE SPEAKER) (PATHOS)

Question 6

Alliteration

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the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words (sea shells)

Question 7

Allegory

Answer 7

(Same story differnet characters)
the device using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning.

Question 8

Antithesis

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a figure of speech involving seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure

Question 8

Allusion

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a direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly know

Question 9

Analogy

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a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them

Question 10

Ambiguity

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The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.

Question 11

Atmosphere

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the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author’s choice of objects that are described

Question 12

Aphorism

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(Bumper sticker) A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle

Question 12

Apostrophe

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A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity.

Question 13

Caricature

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(Stereotype) a respresentation (especially pictorial or literary) in which the subject’s distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect

Question 14

Colloquialism

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slang or informality in speech or writing

Question 15

Connotation

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the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning

Question 16

Denotation

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the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.

Question 17

Diction

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choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness

Question 18

Hyperbole

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figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect

Question 19

Imagery

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The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, thing, place, or experience

Question 20

Juxtaposition

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placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

Question 21

Metaphor

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a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles

Question 22

metonymy

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Greek meaning “changed label” or “substitute name” in which one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it (crown=royalty)

Question 23

Invective

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an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.

Question 24

Verbal irony

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In this type of irony, the words literally state the opposite of the writer’s true meaning

Question 25

Situational irony

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a type of irony; the difference between what is expected and what actually happens

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Dramatic irony

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In this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work

Question 27

Narrative

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The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events

Question 28

Onomatopoeia

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The use of words that sounds mimics the sound of actions that the word means or suggests

Question 29

Oxymoron

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From the Greek for “pointedly foolish,” ___ is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms. Simple examples include “jumbo shrimp” and “cruel kindness.

Question 30

Parody

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A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

Question 31

Genre

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type or category of literary work (e.g., poetry, essay, short story, novel, drama)

Question 32

Rhetorical question

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a question asked for an effect, not actually requiring an answer

Question 33

Satire

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Uses exageration irony, humor, allegory, or ridicule to point out the short comings of society.

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simile

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comparison using like or as

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Syntax

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sentence structure

Question 36

theme

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the main idea of the story

Question 37

Rhetorical Exposition

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GIving Facts/how to

Question 38

Rhetorical argumentation

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Making a point

Question 39

Rhetorical descripition

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5 senses

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Rhetorical narration

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Tell a sotry or narrate an event or series

Question 41

Understatement

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the ironic minimizing of fact, opposite of a hyperbole