RS

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

A literary, historical, religious or mythological reference.

Question 2

Antithesis

Answer 2

The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words.

Question 3

Claim

Answer 3

in argumentation, an assertion of something as fact.

Question 4

conceit

Answer 4

A comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature; usually extended metaphor in a poem.

Question 5

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 5

movement from the general to the specific.

Question 6

Diction

Answer 6

word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose or effect.

Question 7

Exposition

Answer 7

the interpretation or analysis of a text.

Question 8

homily

Answer 8

sermon, but more contemporary.

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

overstatement characterized by exaggerate language.

Question 10

Inductive reasoning

Answer 10

movement from the specific to the general.

Question 11

Inference

Answer 11

A conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations or data.

Question 12

Irony

Answer 12

Contrast between what is stated and what is really meant.

Question 13

Verbal irony

Answer 13

what the author says is actually the opposite of what is meant.

Question 14

Situational irony

Answer 14

when events end up the opposite of what is expected.

Question 15

Dramatic irony

Answer 15

facts or situations are known to the reader or audience but not to the characters.

Question 16

Jargon

Answer 16

specialized language of a trade or profession or culture.

Question 17

Juxtaposition

Answer 17

location of one thing adjacent to another to create an effect or reveal an attitude.

Question 18

Litote

Answer 18

figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement.

Question 19

oxymoron

Answer 19

figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements.

Question 20

Paradox

Answer 20

statement that seems contradictory but may probably be true.

Question 21

Prose

Answer 21

the ordinary form of written language without metrical structure in contrast to verse and poetry.

Question 22

Rhetoric

Answer 22

the art of using words to persuade in writing and speaking.

Question 23

Syntax

Answer 23

the way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences.

Question 24

Anecdote

Answer 24

Short, personal story

Question 25

Red herring

Answer 25

introduces an irrelevant point to distract the audience from the main or current argument.