Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Anecdote

Answer 1

A short story too within a piece of writing to support a point

Question 2

Compare

Answer 2

When you focus on the similarities between concepts and ideas

Question 3

Contrast/juxtaposition

Answer 3

When you focus on the differences between concepts and ideas

Question 4

Denotation

Answer 4

The dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word or phrase

Question 5

Connotation

Answer 5

An association called upon by a word what is beyond its dictionary definition - the contextual meaning
Ex. Home : love, safety, acceptance (for some)

Question 6

Emotive language

Answer 6

The deliberate coice of words to elicit a specific emotion
Ex. “The victims were executed in cold blood.”

Question 7

Opinion

Answer 7

A statement that expresses a belief of a particular person, but is open to question/disagreement

Question 8

Fact

Answer 8

Can be proved to be absolutely correct and cannot be disputed
Ex. The plot of a text is “fact” : you can’t argue what happened in a book or play

Question 9

Quotation

Answer 9

Actual statements made by a professionals that help verify the argument being made.

Question 10

Explicit thesis

Answer 10

A thesis that’s directly stated (can be highlighted)

Question 11

Implicit thesis

Answer 11

Implied thesis, must be inferred

Can NOT be highlighted

Question 12

Foreshadowing

Answer 12

When the author HINTS at what is going to happen

Question 13

Hypophora

Answer 13

Consists of asking, then answering a question right after

Question 14

Humour

Answer 14

Can be overall tone or certain parts of writing

Question 15

Repetition

Answer 15

Can be applied to both ideas and diction

Question 16

Rhetorical question

Answer 16

A question that is not answered by the writer because the answer is too obvious

Question 17

Tone

Answer 17

The authors emotion toward the subject, is meant to be picked up by the audience

Question 18

Hyperbole

Answer 18

Deliberately exaggerated conditions for emphasis or for comic effect

Question 19

Understatement

Answer 19

The opposite of hyperbole : purposefully represents something less than it is.