Rhetorical Devices #3

Question 1

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

Answer 1

Inference/infer

Question 2

An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language

Answer 2

Invective

Question 3

The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; difference between what appears to be and what actually is true

Answer 3

Irony/ironic

Question 4

A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by a dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses

Answer 4

Loose sentence

Question 5

A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity

Answer 5

Metaphor

Question 6

Greek term meaning “changed label” or substitute name,” it is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it

Answer 6

Metonymy

Question 7

Deals with verbal units and a speaker’s attitude or meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work

Answer 7

Mood

Question 8

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of event

Answer 8

Narrative

Question 9

A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words

Answer 9

Onomatopoeia

Question 10

From the Greek for “pointedly foolish,” this figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox

Answer 10

Oxymoron

Question 11

Statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity

Answer 11

Paradox

Question 12

Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similiarity

Answer 12

Parallelism