rhetorical devices & elements

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

a reference to a historical person, place or thing

Question 3

assonance

Answer 3

the repetition of vowels

Question 4

cliche

Answer 4

an over used phase

Question 5

hyperbole

Answer 5

exaggerated statement

Question 6

onomatopoeia

Answer 6

a descriptive word for sound

Question 7

imagery

Answer 7

visually descriptive

Question 8

irony

Answer 8

the expression signifies the opposite for humorous effect

Question 9

metaphor

Answer 9

a figure of speech that refers to another

Question 10

paradox

Answer 10

a statement that is self-contradictory

Question 11

oxymoron

Answer 11

a figure of speech that refers one thing to another

Question 12

personification

Answer 12

human characteristics to something non-human

Question 13

pun

Answer 13

word play that exploits multiple means

Question 14

rhetorical question

Answer 14

a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect

Question 15

sarcasm

Answer 15

the use of irony to mock

Question 16

simile

Answer 16

a figure of speech involving comparison using like or as

Question 17

understatement

Answer 17

the presentation of something less important

Question 18

conflict

Answer 18

a problem between the protagonist and the antagonistic forces

Question 19

five types of conflict

Answer 19

person verses person
person verses self
person verses conflict
person verses nature
person verses technology
person verses society

Question 20

point of view

Answer 20

the perspective from which a story is told

Question 21

first person view

Answer 21

character serves as narrator of the story

Question 22

third person view

Answer 22

omniscient narrative, written in third person

Question 23

plot

Answer 23

events in a story

Question 24

symbol

Answer 24

something concrete that represents something abstract

Question 25

setting

Answer 25

time and place of story

Question 26

three types of irony

Answer 26

verbal - when you say one thing but mean something else

dramatic - when the audience knows more than the characters

situational - when the opposite happens than the reader was lead to believe

Question 27

climax

Answer 27

the turning point

Question 28

tone

Answer 28

the mood of the author toward the subject

Question 29

foreshadowing

Answer 29

the author provides hints that will happen later in the story

Question 30

theme

Answer 30

the moral of the story

Question 31

flash back

Answer 31

a recollection of events from the past

Question 32

suspence

Answer 32

a feeling of uncertain excitement in a story

Question 33

antagonist

Answer 33

person or force who opposes the protagonist

Question 34

protagonist

Answer 34

the main character in the story

Question 35

characterization

Answer 35

1. what the character says
2. what the character does
3. what other characters say about them
4. how others react to them

Question 36

atmosphere

Answer 36

the general feeling in the story

Question 37

dialogue

Answer 37

conversation