Rhetorical Terms 3

Question 1

Words or phrases denoting ideas, qualities, and conditions that exist but can not be seen

Answer 1

Abstract

Question 2

Fallacious argument that appeals to the passions and prejudices of a group rather than its reason

Answer 2

Ad populem argument

Question 3

The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning

Answer 3

Allegory

Question 4

The repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses

Answer 4

Anaphora

Question 5

A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle

Answer 5

Aphorism

Question 6

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction such as liberty or love

Answer 6

Apostrophe

Question 7

An authors intellectual position or emotion regarding the subject of the writing

Answer 7

Attitude

Question 8

The group for whom a work is intended

Answer 8

Audience

Question 9

The ultimate conclusion, generalization, or point, backed up by support, of an argument

Answer 9

Claim

Question 10

A stale image or expression , and the bane of good expository writing

Answer 10

Cliché

Question 11

Rhetorical mode used to develop essays that systematically match two items for similarities and differences

Answer 11

Comparison/Contrast

Question 12

A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

Answer 12

Complex sentence

Question 13

Said of words or terms denoting objects or conditions that are palpable, visible, or otherwise evident to the senses

Answer 13

Concrete

Question 14

The logical bases or supports for an assertion or idea

Answer 14

Evidence

Question 15

The major category into which a literary work fits

Answer 15

Genre

Question 16

The reversal of the normal order of words in a sentence to achieve some desired effect

Answer 16

Inversion

Question 17

A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent clauses or phrases

Answer 17

Loose sentence

Question 18

A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it

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Metonymy

Question 19

Sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end

Answer 19

Periodic sentence

Question 20

Type of development in writing that stresses how a sequence of steps produces a certain effect

Answer 20

Process analysis

Question 21

A question posed with no expectation of receiving an answer

Answer 21

Rhetorical question

Question 22

A part of something used to refer to the whole

Answer 22

Synecdoche

Question 23

The order of words in a sentence and their relationships to each other

Answer 23

Syntax

Question 24

Words, phrases, sentences or even paragraphs that indicate connections between the writer’s ideas

Answer 24

Transition

Question 25

The characteristic of having ball parts contribute to the overall effect

Answer 25

Unity