Rhetorical Devices 2

Question 1

Antagonist

Answer 1

A character or force in a literary work that oppose the main character or protagonist

Question 2

Aphorism

Answer 2

A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief

Question 3

Colloquial

Answer 3

Ordinary language the vernacular

Question 4

Denotation

Answer 4

The dictionary definition of the word the direct and specific meaning

Question 5

Foreshadow

Answer 5

To hint at or present things to come in a story or play

Question 6

Imagery

Answer 6

Sensory details in a work the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling call to mind an idea or describe an object

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance

Question 8

Nostalgia

Answer 8

Desire to return in thought or factor former time

Question 9

Parallelism

Answer 9

Re-current syntactical similarity were several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed I would like to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences equal importance

Question 10

Personification

Answer 10

Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by giving it human qualities

Question 11

Protagonist

Answer 11

The chief character in a work of literature

Question 12

Rhetorical question

Answer 12

One that does not expect an explicit answer

Question 13

Stereotype

Answer 13

A character who represents a trait that is usually attributed to a particular social or racial group and who likes individuality a conventional patter expression or idea

Question 14

Synecdoche

Answer 14

I figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whore such as using boards to mean a stage

Question 15

Thesis

Answer 15

I focus statement of an essay from my statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based