Rhetorical terms

Question 1

an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters,events,and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be ready beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral,religious,political,social or satiric

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analogy

Question 2

an allusion is a reference, typically brief,to a person,place,thing,event,or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar

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allusion

Question 3

a short simple narrative of an incident;often used for humorous effect or to make a point

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anecdote

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is a rhetorical device that features the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences,phrases,or clauses. Anaphora works as a literary device to allow writers to convey,emphasize, and reinforce meaning

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anaphora

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a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases ,and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy

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asyndeton

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it rather connects the clauses with a conjunction.”I came and I saw and I conquered”

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polysyndeton

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syndeton includes the addition of multiple conjunctions,such as in this example “he eats and sleeps and drinks”

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syndeton

Question 8

indicates the same word returns at the end of each sentence. Epistrophe is a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of the clauses or sentences

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epistrophe

Question 9

is a combination of two words,”snide” and “remark” which means a sarcastic comment

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snark

Question 10

is the presentation of two contrasting images.the ideas are balanced by word comment

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antithesis

Question 11

is a rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general,and from this it draws a conclusion about something more specific

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syllogism