Rhetorical Devices #4 Flashcards

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Work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and ridicule

A

Parody

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Adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish

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Pedantic

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3
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Sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end; preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone

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Periodic sentence

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4
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Figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions

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Personification

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5
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Perspective from which a story is told

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Point of view

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One type of subject complement; adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb

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Predicate adjective

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A second type of subject complement; a noun, a group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject

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Predicate nominative

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One of the major divisions of genre; refers to to fiction and nonfiction

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Prose

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9
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Duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language

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Repetition

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10
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Speaker who uses elements of rhetoric effectively in oral or written test

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Rhetor

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11
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Describes variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing

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Rhetorical modes

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12
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Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something; from the Greek meaning “to tear flesh”

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Sarcasm

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