Week Two Rhetorical Vocab

Question 1

Aphorism

Answer 1

a concise statement of a principle. ex - “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

Question 2

Apostrophe

Answer 2

A speech/address towards a person that’s not actually there // a personified object. Ex: the skull in Hamlet.

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

similar vowel sounds (ex: stony and holy)

Question 4

Asyndeton

Answer 4

Conjunctions are omitted/left out. (“You go, you stay, you leave”)

Question 5

Blank Verse

Answer 5

Poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines . usually in iambic pentameter

Question 6

Cacophony

Answer 6

Harsh or discordant sounds in words.

Question 7

Caesura

Answer 7

A break/pause in a line/ verse. (Think - the little dash lines //)

Question 8

Caricature

Answer 8

Exaggeration/distortion of characteristics to represent a character.

Question 9

Colloquialism

Answer 9

“ain’t” or “gonna” - words only used in certain appropriate circumstances

Question 10

Concrete Language

Answer 10

tangible/perceivable. fact, not abstract

Question 11

Connotation

Answer 11

different association rather than its literal meaning. (“thrifty” vs. “stingy”)

Question 12

Consonance

Answer 12

The repetition of consonant sounds in a phrase.

Question 13

Deduction

Answer 13

“to lead away from”. big to small

Question 14

Denotation

Answer 14

literal dictionary def

Question 15

Diction

Answer 15

choice of words

Question 16

Dissonance

Answer 16

disruption of harmonic sounds or rhythms. lack of harmony. more about organization. Things don’t match up and it’s jarring.

Question 17

Dramatic Irony

Answer 17

the reader knows something that the character doesn’t.

Question 18

End-stopped

Answer 18

The definite end of a text/poem. (Think - periods rather than commas. cut off)