Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Rhetorical Devices

Answer 1

manipulate language

Question 2

Diction

Answer 2

relates to word choice.
words determine how narrator relates a story and how reader views it 
You talk. straightforward
"drone" 
"rant" 
"Ramble" 
"rave" 
all create very different situations if they replace talk

Question 3

Syntax

Answer 3

Relates to phrasing/the way words are put together in a sentence or series of sentences]
ex. I eat. I sleep. I sleep for a long time. I sleep in my bed. I wake up. (simplistic syntax= short, repetitious sentences)
got to get that sentence variety in there

Question 4

Balance

Answer 4

can appear in a sentence, section of work, ,or the entirety of it
indicates harmony and the integration of small ideas into a whole
also can demonstrate duality or point out opposites
3 most common types are repetition, antithesis, and parallelism

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

To repeat a word, phrase, sentence, stanza, symbol, image, or idea places emphasis on it.
Can also create recurrence of routine
balancing act

Question 6

Parallelism

Answer 6

Indicates that two or more items share a similar construction of treatment in a literary work. Two of the most basic types are grammatical and thematic
balancing act

Question 7

Grammatical Parallelism

Answer 7

ex. Making flashcards, studying for lit, and taking standardized tests are all incredibly fun.
If the verbs were not all in the same form, this would not be parallelism
balancing act

Question 8

thematic parallelism (I don’t know if that should be athematic[what the book says] because it feels like a misprint)

Answer 8

what is paralleled is similar situations or ideas (themes)
ex. On the couch, Mollie ate Woof’s toy. Outside, Harlen destroyed Bianca’s show.
balancing act

Question 9

Antithesis

Answer 9

this is like the Lit test’s favorite thing ever
A pairing of opposites to make a point
“ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way”(Dickens/Wikipedia)

Question 10

Rhetorical Question

Answer 10

Used to emphasize a point
Requires no response, just the audience’s consideration
“Who do you think you are?”
don’t actually want an answer, just to draw attention to a point