Exam 1

Question 0

The conscious repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive berses, clauses, or paragraphs.

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Anaphora

Question 1

A reference, generally brief, to some literary work, historical figure, event, film, or work of art with which the reader is presumably familiar

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Allusion

Question 2

In a narrative or dramatic work, the protagonist’s opponent

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Antagonist

Question 3

The word,phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

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Antecedent

Question 4

A rhetorical device in which sharply contrasting ideas are linked in parallel words, phrases, or clauses for emphasis or special effect.

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Antithesis

Question 5

A brief statement of a principal or truth

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Aphorism

Question 6

The group for whom a work is intended.

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Audience

Question 7

The central tension in a narrative or dramatic work.

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Conflict

Question 8

When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image or self through text

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Ethos(ethical appeal)

Question 9

Language used imaginatively and nonliterally

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Figurative language

Question 10

Writing which evokes a sensory experience

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Imagery

Question 11

Rhetorical device in which the author conveys a meaning opposite to the words actually used.

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Irony

Question 12

An appeal to logic

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Logos

Question 13

Two meanings: -grammatical and deals with verbal units and a speaker’s attitude -literary, meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work

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Mood

Question 14

An idea, theme, character, situation, or element that recurs in literature or folklore

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Motif

Question 15

The speed at which a piece of writing moves along

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Pacing

Question 16

Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity

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Parallelism

Question 17

When a writer appeals to am audience’s emotions to excite and involve them in the argument

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Pathos( emotional appeal)

Question 18

The mask which covers the direct voice of the author

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Persona

Question 19

Attributing human qualities to objects, abstractions, or animals

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Personification

Question 20

The perspective for which a piece of literature is written

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Point of view

Question 21

The chief character in a play or story

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Protagonist

Question 22

The commitment on the part of the author to explain why he or she plans to write about

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Purpose

Question 23

The duplication of any element of language

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Repetition

Question 24

The art of using persuasive language

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Rhetoric

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The variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing

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Rhetorical modes

Question 26

A question to which no response or reply is expected

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Rhetorical question

Question 27

Something that is a meaningful entity in itself and yet stands for or means something else

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Symbol

Question 28

The way in which words are combined to form phrases and sentences

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Syntax

Question 29

The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life

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Theme

Question 30

In expository writing, the sentences or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning or proposition

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Thesis

Question 31

The author's attitude toward his subject and his audience as implied in a literary work

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Tone