Rhetorical Devices 8

Question 1

Point of View

Answer 1

in literature, the perspective from which a story is told

Question 2

Repetition

Answer 2

the duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language.

Question 3

Rhetoric

Answer 3

the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively

Question 4

Rhetorical Modes

Answer 4

the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing.

Question 5

Sarcasm

Answer 5

involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.

Question 6

Satire

Answer 6

a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.

Question 7

Semantics

Answer 7

the branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotation, and their relation to one another.

Question 8

Style

Answer 8

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Question 9

Subject Complement

Answer 9

the word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it.

Question 10

Subordinate Clause

Answer 10

Like all Clauses, this word group contains both a subject and a verb, but unlike the independent clause, the subordinate clause cannot stand alone.