Rhetorical Choices

Question 1

Personification

Answer 1

giving non human objects human characteristics

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

reference to an outside person, place, or thing

Question 3

metaphor

Answer 3

comparing two things without using like or as

Question 4

analogy

Answer 4

comparison between two things to achieve an explanation

Question 4

irony

Answer 4

outcome that is opposite than what is expected

Question 5

simile

Answer 5

comparing two things using like or as

Question 6

hyperbole

Answer 6

extreme exaggeration

Question 7

figurative language

Answer 7

words used for an effect or purpose instead of their literal translation

Question 8

tone

Answer 8

attitude of author towards the subject

Question 9

symbolism

Answer 9

person, situation, word of object used to represent another thing

Question 10

connotation

Answer 10

feelings words evoke

Question 11

denotation

Answer 11

literal definition of a word

Question 12

alliteration

Answer 12

repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words

Question 13

consonance

Answer 13

repetition of the same sounds

Question 14

assonance

Answer 14

repetition of vowel sounds

Question 15

satire

Answer 15

making someone or something look ridiculous in order to discredit them

Question 16

anecdote

Answer 16

writer or speaker uses small story to illuminate larger argument

Question 17

rhetorical question

Answer 17

question asked in order to make a statement, but does not expect an answer

Question 18

metonymy

Answer 18

figure of speech in which one thing is represented by another that is commonly and often physically associated with it

Question 19

zeugma

Answer 19

use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings

Question 20

periodic sentence

Answer 20

a sentence that is not syntactically complete until its very end

Question 21

cumulative sentence

Answer 21

opposite of periodic. starts with an independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight, and then adds subordinate elements and modifiers

Question 22

inverted sentence

Answer 22

a sentence in which the verb comes before the subject

Question 23

imperative sentence

Answer 23

used to command or urge action

Question 24

parallelism

Answer 24

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Question 25

juxtaposition

Answer 25

placement of two “things” closely together to emphasize or accentuate similarities or differences

Question 26

antithesis

Answer 26

opposition, in contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction

Question 27

anaphora

Answer 27

when a particular word or phrase is used repeatedly within a speech or text

Question 28

euphemism

Answer 28

an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant

Question 29

repetition

Answer 29

word or phrase used multiple times to emphasize an emotion or idea

Question 30

diction

Answer 30

authors choice of words

Question 31

syntax

Answer 31

arrangement of words in a sentence