Literary Terms N-Z

Question 0

is a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect.. Polysyndeton examples are found in literature and in day-to-day conversations. EX: “Let the white folks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly-mostly-let them have their whiteness”

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Polysyndeton:

Question 1

is a quality of an experience in life or a work of art that stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow

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Pathos:

Question 2

is a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form

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Rhetoric

Question 3

Represents the balance of all three appeals that a writer should use for an effective purpose, consist of ethos, pathos, and logos.

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Rhetorical Triangle

Question 4

Is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter

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Parallelism

Question 5

Is a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part

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Synecdoche

Question 6

Is a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect

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Polysyndeton