Rhetoric List 2

Question 0

Conundrum

Answer 0

A riddle whose answer is or involves a pun; it may be a paradox or difficult problem

Question 1

Consonance

Answer 1

Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words on close proximity as in boost/best it can be seen within several compound words such as fulfill and ping pong

Question 2

Deduction

Answer 2

The process or moving from a general rule to a specific example

Question 3

Denotation

Answer 3

Literal meaning of a word as defined

Question 4

Description

Answer 4

The picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation or color, motion, sound, smell, and touch; one of the four modes of discourse

Question 5

Diction

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Word choice, an element of style; it creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning. Different types and arrangement of words have significant effects on meaning. An essay on meaning. An essay written in academic diction would be much less colorful, but more precise than slang

Question 6

Didactic

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Writing whose purpose is instruct or to teach. The work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns. The type of writing my be fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking

Question 7

Discourse

Answer 7

Spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes of discourse are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion

Question 8

Dissonance

Answer 8

Harsh or grating sounds that do not go together

Question 9

Dramatic irony

Answer 9

When the reader is aware of an inconsistency between a fictional or nonfictional characters perception of a situation and the truth of that situation

Question 10

Emotional appeal

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When a writer appeals to readers emotions(often through pathos) to excite an involve them on the argument

Question 11

Epigraph

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The use of quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme

Question 12

Epistophe

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Repetition of a word or expression at the end of a successive phrases (as Lincoln’s “of the people, by the people, for the people”) compare to anaphora.

Question 13

Ethical appeal

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When a writes tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text. Reputation is sometimes a factor in this type of appeal, but in all cases the aim is to gain the audiences confidence. (Ethos)

Question 14

Euphemism

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A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable.

Question 15

Euphony

Answer 15

A succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony