Glossary Week 11

Question 1

Proverb

Answer 1

A short pithy statement of a general truth

Better late than never

Question 2

Psuedonym

Answer 2

A false name or alias used by writers.

J.K. Rowling

Question 3

Pulp Fiction

Answer 3

Novels written for mass consumption

Tarzan

Question 4

Pun

Answer 4

A humorous play on words, using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings.

I tried to take a photo of a wheat field. It turned out grainy.

Question 5

Realism

Answer 5

The depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.

Not pretending anything is different then it is.

Question 6

Rebuttal/Refutation

Answer 6

The part of discourse wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and answered.

Counterarguement

Question 7

Reiteration

Answer 7

Repetition of an idea using different words, often for emphasis or other effect.

To reiaterate something means to repeat it so people understand better.

Question 8

Repitition

Answer 8

Reuse of the same words, phrases, or ideas for rhetorical effect, usually to emphasize a point.

“Hey hey hey hey hey” to get someones attention.

Question 9

Retraction

Answer 9

The withdrawal of a previously stated idea or opinion.

To take back something.

Question 10

Rhetoric

Answer 10

The language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience.

Sense of feeling in writing

Question 11

Rhetorical mode

Answer 11

A general term that identifies discourse according to its chief purpose.

Techniques a writer uses to convey an idea, ie: narration argue analysis

Question 12

Rhetorical question

Answer 12

A question to which the audience already knows the answer.

“Are you going to school?” - Person 1 “Does a bee buzz?” - Person 2