Rhetorical Strategies

Question 1

The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition

Answer 1

Anaphora

Question 2

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Answer 2

Anecdote

Question 3

The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.

Answer 3

Asyndeton

Question 4

The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant

Answer 4

Metonymy

Question 5

The state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way

Answer 5

Parallelism

Question 6

A rhetorical and literary technique in which a conjunction appears over and over again to join different thoughts in one sentence

Answer 6

Polysyndeton

Question 7

The action of repeating something that has already been said or written

Answer 7

Repetition

Question 8

Repetition

Answer 8

The action of repeating something that has already been said or written

Question 9

A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer

Answer 9

Rhetorical Question

Question 10

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Answer 10

Alliteration

Question 11

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

Answer 11

Allusion

Question 12

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Answer 12

Hyperbole

Question 13

The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

Answer 13

Irony

Question 14

Repetition of conjunctions in close succession

Answer 14

Polysyndeton

Question 15

A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character

Answer 15

Dramatic Irony

Question 16

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Answer 16

Metaphor

Question 17

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Answer 17

Onomatopoeia

Question 18

The use of irony to mock or convey contempt

Answer 18

Sarcasm

Question 19

The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

Answer 19

Denotation

Question 20

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

Answer 20

Connotation

Question 21

Satire

Answer 21

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

Question 21

The arrangement of identifiable repeated or corresponding elements in a text

Answer 21

Language Pattern

Question 21

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices

Answer 21

Satire

Question 21

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Answer 21

Simile

Question 22

An issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak

Answer 22

Exigence

Question 23

The attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject

Answer 23

Tone

Question 24

The irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected

Answer 24

Situational

Question 24

Exigence

Answer 24

An issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak

Question 25

Anything that can be visually or audibly consumed

Answer 25

Text

Question 26

The people a text has been written or created to inform, entertain, or persuade

Answer 26

Audience

Question 27

The person who writes or develops an argument to reach a particular audience

Answer 27

Author

Question 28

The side of an issue being promoted by an author or creator

Answer 28

Argument

Question 29

The situation occurring around the claim or information being presented in a text

Answer 29

Context

Question 30

An appeal to emotion (rhetorical appeal)

Answer 30

Pathos

Question 31

An appeal to logic (rhetorical appeal)

Answer 31

Logos

Question 32

An appeal to credibility/trustworthiness

Answer 32

Ethos

Question 33

Sentence that contains the who/what

Answer 33

First

Question 34

Contains the author’s text, their text’s genre, name, the date of written text, a rhetorically accurate verb, and a THAT clause stating the thesis of the text

Answer 34

First sentence

Question 35

Sentence that contains the how

Answer 35

Second

Question 36

Contains an explanation of how the author supports and develops the thesis

Answer 36

Second sentence

Question 37

Sentence that contains the why

Answer 37

Third

Question 38

Which sentence should include an appeal or strategy and how the author/creator has used it?

Answer 38

Second sentence