Lit rhetorical devices 151-200

Question 1

Onomatopoeia

Answer 1

the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as “hiss,” “buzz,” “slam,” and
“boom.”

Question 2

Order of importance

Answer 2

an organizational strategy in which details are listed or presented according to
their importance to a particular topic or position.

Question 3

Organizational strategy

Answer 3

the method of organizing a paragraph or an essay.

Question 4

Overgeneralization

Answer 4

fallacy in which the author draws too general of a conclusion from the presented information or arguments.

Question 5

Oversimplification

Answer 5

a fallacy in which the author obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an argument.

Question 6

Oxymoron

Answer 6

opposites together

Question 7

Pacing

Answer 7

where a passage speeds up or slows down

Question 8

Pairing

Answer 8

using two loaded or emotionally charged words together for increased emphasis on each and a stronger effect.

Question 9

Parable

Answer 9

a short story from which a lesson may be drawn

Question 10

Paradox

Answer 10

a statement which seems self-contradictory, but which may be true in fact.

Question 11

Parody

Answer 11

parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it.

Question 12

Participial phrase

Answer 12

A participle is a verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed.

Question 13

Particular to general

Answer 13

an organizational strategy in which the author presents specific evidence to lead
the audience to a general premise.

Question 14

Parts of speech

Answer 14

see adjective, adverb, conjunction, determiner, noun, preposition, pronoun, and
verb

Question 15

Passive voice

Answer 15

subject does not do the action (verb)

Question 16

Pathos

Answer 16

emotions

Question 17

Pedantic

Answer 17

lecture

Question 18

Pedestrian diction

Answer 18

use of words that are commonplace and unimaginative

Question 19

Periodic sentence structure

Answer 19

a simple sentence with details added to the beginning or interrupting the simple sentence.

Question 20

Polysyndeton

Answer 20

x and x and x

Question 21

Position statement

Answer 21

short statement of opinion

Question 22

Predicate

Answer 22

the verb and any of its objects or complements in a clause. after subject

Question 23

preposition

Answer 23

above below during but on since

Question 24

Problem/Solution

Answer 24

organizational strategy in which the author presents a problem to the reader and
then gives possible solutions to the problem

Question 25

Proposition

Answer 25

the point to be discussed or maintained in an argument usually stated in sentence form near the outset.

Question 26

Qualify

Answer 26

the author accepts a theory or proposition, but only under certain conditions

Question 27

Red Herring:

Answer 27

when an author raises an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue.

Question 28

Reductio ad absurdum

Answer 28

This is a technique useful in creating a comic

effect and is also an argumentative technique

Question 29

Refutation

Answer 29

deliberately, directly attacking an opponent’s argument, point by point.

Question 30

Rhetoric

Answer 30

using words effectively to influence/persuafe

Question 31

Rhetorical modes

Answer 31

exposition, description, narration, argumentation