rhetorical terms of the day

Question 1

metaphor

Answer 1

an implied comparison that says one thing is the other

Question 2

implied metaphor

Answer 2

imbedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly

Question 3

simile

Answer 3

a comparison between 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”

Question 4

personification

Answer 4

a type of figurative language which attributes human qualities to non-human subjects

Question 5

hyperbole

Answer 5

an exaggeration for effect

Question 6

metonymy

Answer 6

occurring when an entity is referred to by one of its attributes by association

Question 7

synecdoche

Answer 7

a part of something used to refer to the whole

Question 8

alliteration

Answer 8

the repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants, in groups of words

Question 9

antithesis

Answer 9

literary device with parallel grammar structure but which establishes a nearly complete or exact opposition in ideas or characters

Question 10

figurative language

Answer 10

an umbrella term that encompasses rhetorical terms that are technically inaccurate but call to mind sensation or evoke reactions

Question 11

diction

Answer 11

word choice

Question 12

concrete language

Answer 12

language that describes specific, observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities; tangible

Question 13

abstract language

Answer 13

represents ideas of thoughts or qualities

Question 14

denotation

Answer 14

the dictionary definition of a word

Question 15

connotation

Answer 15

the association suggested by a word. implied rather than the literal meaning

Question 16

vernacular

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language or dialect of a particular country or place; plain everyday speech

Question 17

jargon

Answer 17

specialized vocabulary of a particular group

Question 18

allusion

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an indirect reference to a person, place, event, etc. meant to enrich the meaning of an idea

Question 19

tone

Answer 19

attitude of a writer to the subject or an audience. usually conveyed through diction

Question 20

repetition

Answer 20

reinforcing a point by repeating the point. can also just repeat a series of words

Question 21

parallelism

Answer 21

s set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses that appear in a sentence or paragraph

Question 22

clause

Answer 22

a group of words that has a subject and a verb

Question 23

phrase

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a group of words

Question 24

independent clause

Answer 24

has a subject, verb, and complete thought

Question 25

dependent clause

Answer 25

doesn’t express a full thought but has a subject and a verb

Question 26

anadiplosis

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the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause

Question 27

epistrophe

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the repetition of a group of words that the end of successive clauses

Question 28

antimetabole

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the repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order

Question 29

simple sentence

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1 independent clause

Question 30

complex sentence

Answer 30

1 independent clause and 1 or more dependent clauses

Question 31

compound sentence

Answer 31

2 or more independent clauses

Question 32

compound/complex sentence

Answer 32

2 or more independent clauses and 1 dependent clause