Week 3 Rhetorical Vocab

Question 1

Epigraph

Answer 1

A quotation at the beginning of a work that suggests its theme

Question 2

Enjambed

Answer 2

The continuation of a sentence in poetry from one line to the next

Question 3

Epistrophe

Answer 3

The repetition of phrases our clauses in a set of clauses, sentences, or poetic lines. “For the people, from the people, by the people”

Question 4

Epithet

Answer 4

Adjective/phrase used to characterize someone / describe a characteristic. Ex: Ivan the Terrible

Question 5

Euphony

Answer 5

pleasing and harmonious sound patterns

Question 6

Exposition

Answer 6

background info on the characters/setting, usually at the beginning of the story

Question 7

Extended Metaphor

Answer 7

metaphor that goes on for a whiiiile

Question 8

Figurative Language

Answer 8

you know this one

Question 9

Foreshadowing

Answer 9

hints at what is to come in the story

Question 10

Frame narrative

Answer 10

a story is situated inside of another story

Question 11

Free Verse

Answer 11

poetry that doesn’t follow any strict meter or rhyme scheme

Question 12

Genre

Answer 12

a distinctive type/category of literary composition

Question 13

Heroic Couplet

Answer 13

a pair of rhyming lines in a heroic poem OR that show themes of heroism.

Question 14

Hubris

Answer 14

arrogance and excessive pride `

Question 15

Humanism

Answer 15

human values are `of the most importance

Question 16

Hyperbole

Answer 16

An exaggeration to create effect

Question 17

Euphemism

Answer 17

The replacement of one word that might be too inappropriate for a situation with a word that is appropriate Ex: “passed away” instead of “died”

Question 18

Induction

Answer 18

A conclusion that’s reached after the analysis of facts