Rhettical Terms I Dont Know

Question 1

Aphorism

Answer 1

A short often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life

Question 2

Coherence

Answer 2

Quality of a piece of writing in which all parts contribute to the development of the central idea, theme or organizing principle

Question 3

Conundrum

Answer 3

A riddle whose answer is or involves a pun

Question 4

Diction

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Word choice, element of style

Question 5

Discourse

Answer 5

Spoken or written language

Question 6

Epigraph

Answer 6

The use of quotations at the beginning of a work that hints at the theme

Question 7

Epistrophe

Answer 7

Repetition of the same words of phrases at the end of successive phrases

Question 8

Euphony

Answer 8

A succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry

Question 9

Explication

Answer 9

The art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text

Question 10

Figurative language

Answer 10

Language that contains figures of speech such as smilies and metaphors

Question 11

Freight -Train

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Sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions

Question 12

Analogy

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Comparison of two similar but different things

Question 13

Generalization

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When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable

Question 14

Genre

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A type of literary work

Question 15

Hubris

Answer 15

The excessive pride of ambition that leads a tragic hero to disregard warnings of impending doom

Question 16

Hyperbole

Answer 16

Deliberated exaggeration in order to creat humor or emphasis

Question 17

Imagery

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Words or phrases that use a collection of images to appeal to one or more of the five senses in order to create a mental picture

Question 18

Inference

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A conclusion one can draw from the present details

Question 19

Interior monologue

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Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a characters head

Question 20

Invective

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An emotionally charged, verbally abusive attack

Question 21

Inversion

Answer 21

Revealing the customary order of elements in a sentence or phrases

Question 22

Irony

Answer 22

A situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected