Rhetorical Choices/Devices

Question 1

Aesthetic

Answer 1

references to artistic elements or expressions within a textual work

Question 2

Allegory

Answer 2

a narrative story used to convey an abstract, complex, or dangerous message

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

references the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of successive words

Question 4

Ambiguity

Answer 4

references a word, phrase, or sentence whose meaning can be interpreted in more than one way

Question 5

Analogy

Answer 5

references an extended comparison between two things/instances/people etc. that share some similarity to make a point

Question 6

Anecdote

Answer 6

references a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

Question 7

Connotation

Answer 7

the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning

Question 8

Deductive reasoning

Answer 8

a logical approach where you progress from general ideas to specific conclusions

Question 9

Denotation

Answer 9

the literal meaning of a word, the dictionary definition

Question 10

Diction

Answer 10

a writer’s choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning

Question 11

Didactic

Answer 11

tone; instructional, designed to teach an ethical, moral, or religious lesson

Question 12

Epistrophe

Answer 12

ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words

Question 13

Ethos

Answer 13

appealing to credibility

Question 14

Imagery

Answer 14

descriptive language that provides vivid images that evoke the senses

Question 15

Inductive reasoning

Answer 15

a method of drawing conclusions by going from the specific to the general.

Question 16

Irony

Answer 16

stating the opposite of what is said or meant

Question 17

Juxtaposition

Answer 17

placing two or more things side by side for comparison or contrast

Question 18

Logos

Answer 18

appealing to logic

Question 19

Paradox

Answer 19

a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true

Question 20

Parallelism

Answer 20

a repetition of sentences using the same grammatical structure emphasizing all aspects of the sentence equally

Question 21

Pathos

Answer 21

appealing to emotion

Question 22

Rhetorical question

Answer 22

a question presented by the author that is not meant to be answered

Question 23

Stream of consciousness

Answer 23

a technique that records the thoughts and feelings of a character without regard to logical argument or narrative sequence

Question 24

Synthax

Answer 24

the structure of sentences and/or phrases

Question 25

Tone

Answer 25

the use of stylistic devices that reveal an author’s attitude towards a subject