Lierary Terms N-Z Deck

Question 0

Pathos

Answer 0

a quality that evokes pity or sadness

Question 1

Parallelism

Answer 1

the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.

Question 2

Polysyndeton

Answer 2

the use of multiple conjunctions or coordinate clauses in close succession, as in “The bad news caused him to weep and cry and wail”

Question 3

Rhetoric

Answer 3

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

Question 4

Rhetorical Triangle

Answer 4

The relationship between the three forms of rhetoric - Ethos (character), Pathos (emotion), and Logos (logic)

Question 5

Synecdoche

Answer 5

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland’s baseball team”).