Exam Vocab Flashcards
Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
Expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
Reference to a well-known piece of literature, art, metrology, etc.
Allusion
Comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
Analogy
Short, amusing, or interesting story to make a point
Anecdote
Language used in ordinary or familiar conversation: not formal
Colloquial
Feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration: worthless
Contemptuous
Without the basic necessities of life
Destitute
Intended to teach, having moral instruction as an hidden motive
Didactic
To urge, command, or encourage
Hortative
Overexaggeration to make a point
Hyperbole
Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment
Indignant
Cheerful and friendly
Jovial
A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct
Maxim
Having an excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one’s physical appearance
Narcissistic
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Oxymoron
A statement that appears to be contradictory, but has truth when part of it is in interpreted figuratively
May be true when investigsted
Paradox
Like a person who so excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
Pedantic
Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
Pernicious
Irritatingly grand, solemn, or exhibiting self importance
Pompous
Of the nature of or characterized by reverence (deep respect)
Reverential
Having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive (typically used of a man)
Virile
The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
Irony
Comparison between two seemingly unlike things
Metaphor
Explicit comparison between 2 seemingly unlike things with “like” or “as”
Simile
Type of implied metaphor attributing human qualities to an inanimate object
Personification
Question asked for rhetorical effect to emphasize a point: no answer is expected
Rhetorical question
Word that imitates the sound it represents
Onomatopoeia
Expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures
Parallelism
Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas
Antithesis
Grammatical structure where the first clause or phrase is reversed in the second often using the same words
Chiasmus
first essay prompt points
parallelism
logical reasoning
appeal to fear
in america needa its nerds leonid friedman uses rhetoric to convince readers and explain his argument that america overlooks academic achievement
fridman uses useful rhetorical choices to corroborate his argument which reveals a prominent problem in our world: we need to change and develop our society in a way that nurtures success instead of shame it
second essay prompt points
analogies
irony
anaphora
in on being a cripple, author nancy mairs lays out her identity and uses rhetoric to explain to and convince her readers of why she identifies with the word that seems to make society wince in discomfort: a cripple
in mairs’ writing, she talks about why she identifies as a cripple. However, the passage conveys a hortative meaning that everyone should be able to comfortably identify with who they truly are
third essay prompt points
ethos
analogies
anaphora
in claudia “lady bird” johnson’s tribute to eleanor roosevelt, johnson effectively describes roosevelt’s character and what she stood for. the rhetorical devices johnson used to develop her tribute include ethos, analogies, and anaphora
Through ethos, analogies, and anaphora, Johnson successfully pays a well-established and respectful tribute to “the First Lady in the world”: Eleanor Roosevelt
