rhetorical devices continued

Question 1

antecedent:

Answer 1

word in which pronoun refers to

Question 2

anti-climax:

Answer 2

sudden transition in discourse from important idea to ludicrous/ trivial one

Question 3

anadiplosis:

Answer 3

writer uses a word near the end of the clause and repeats that word at beginning of next clause

Question 4

anthropomorphism

Answer 4

human traits, ambitions, emotions/ entire behavior to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena/objects

Question 5

pathetic fallacy:

Answer 5

personification that gives human emotions to inanimate objects

Question 6

antithesis:

Answer 6

use of two contrasting or opposite terms in a sentence

Question 7

antimetabole:

Answer 7

phrase/sentence is repeated in reverse order

Question 8

appositive:

Answer 8

phrase that renames/identifies a noun or word

Question 9

apostrophe:

Answer 9

when one addresses an absent/ imaginary figure

Question 10

assonance:

Answer 10

repetition of similar vowels

Question 11

chiasmus:

Answer 11

inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

Question 12

consonance

Answer 12

repetition of consonants/ consonant patterns esp. at end of words

Question 13

ellipsis

Answer 13

omission/ supression of parts of words/sentences

Question 14

epistrophe

Answer 14

repetition of ends of two+ successive sentences, verses, etc.

Question 15

litotes:

Answer 15

understatement for rhetorical effect

Question 16

malapropism

Answer 16

unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

Question 17

metonymy:

Answer 17

substituting name of an attribute/ feature for the name of the thing itself

Question 18

periphrasis

Answer 18

style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

Question 19

oxymoron:

Answer 19

conjoining contradictory terms

Question 20

paradox:

Answer 20

statement that seems self-contradictory/absurd but expresses a possible truth

Question 21

synecdoche:

Answer 21

using a part of something to represent the whole thing

Question 22

zeugma

Answer 22

use of a word to govern 2+ words though appropriate to only one

Question 23

aphorism:

Answer 23

brief statement of knwon authorship that expresses a general truth/moral principle

Question 24

caricature:

Answer 24

particular aspects of subject exaggerated to create silly/comic effect

Question 25

conceit:

Answer 25

uses an extended metaphor that compars two very dissimilar things

Question 26

didactic

Answer 26

aim of teaching/ instructing, esp. moral/ethic principles

Question 27

generic conventions

Answer 27

traditions for each genre

Question 28

homily

Answer 28

sermon; serious talk, speech, lecture involving moral/ spiritual advice

Question 29

invective

Answer 29

an emotionally violent, verbal denunication or attack using strong, abusive language

Question 30

pedantic

Answer 30

adjective that describes words, phrases/tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish

Question 31

amplification

Answer 31

writer adds more info to sentence to increase its worth and understandability

Question 32

inversion/anastrophe

Answer 32

normal order of words is reversed to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter

Question 33

synesthesia

Answer 33

presents ideas, characters/places in a manner that they appeal to more than one sense

Question 34

epigram

Answer 34

brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising/satirical statement

Question 35

verisimilitude

Answer 35

extent to which literary text is believable/ imitates life

Question 36

subject complement

Answer 36

word/phrase that follows a linking verb/ renames the subject

Question 37

undertone

Answer 37

attitude that lies under the apparent tone of the work

Question 38

nominalization

Answer 38

changing a verb into a noun

Question 39

enthymeme

Answer 39

syllogism with one of the premises implied, and taken for granted as understood