Terms

Question 1

Connotation

Answer 1

Meanings that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition.

Question 2

Persona

Answer 2

The face or character that a speaker shows to their audience.

Question 3

Polemic

Answer 3

Aggressive argument

Question 4

Concession

Answer 4

Acknowledging that the opposing argument may be reasonable.

Question 5

Refutation

Answer 5

A denial of an opposing argument.

Question 6

Allusion

Answer 6

Brief reference to a person, event, or place.

Question 7

Anaphora

Answer 7

Repetition of a word at the beginning of phrases.

Question 8

Antimetabole

Answer 8

Repetition of words in reverse order.

Question 9

Antithesis

Answer 9

Opposition of words in a parallel construction.

Question 10

Archaic diction

Answer 10

Old fashioned choice of words.

Question 11

Asyndeton

Answer 11

Omission of conjunctions between phrases.

Question 12

Cumulative sentence

Answer 12

Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence.

Question 13

Hortative sentence

Answer 13

Sentence that urges to action.

Question 14

Imperative sentence

Answer 14

Sentence used to command.

Question 15

Inversion

Answer 15

Order of words in a sentence.

Question 16

Juxtaposition

Answer 16

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences.

Question 17

Periodic sentence

Answer 17

Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end.

Question 18

Synecdoche

Answer 18

Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole.

Question 19

Zeugma

Answer 19

Use of two different words that produces different meanings.