Rhetorical Choices

These are all adjectives that could used to describe the diction in a passage except...

What do we call the dictionary definition of the word?

Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

"He let go" is a nicer way of saying he died and is considered a ....?

Short sentences tend to be more emotional.

Which type of figurative language is a speech to an inanimate object?

What does SOAPSTONE stand for?

You should use a descriptive adjective to describe the type of diction you're discussing in your essay.

This is a two worded paradox.

What is the function of anaphora, repetition and parallelism?

Which type of diction is harsh sounding?

Why does an author use alliteration?

Which type of figurative speech gives human characteristics to non-human things?

All of these are types of figurative language except...

An understatement that occurs when an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, i.e. She was not unkind.

All of these could describe HOW a speaker/writer persuades an audience of their message.

Which type of figurative language is an overused expression?

All of these are examples of imagery except...

Short sentences put the brakes on a reader and make him or her pay attention.

First, decide if the tone is positive, neutral, or negative. Then provide a more specific tone word.

Short sentences speed up a reader and are often used to describe action.

What does an author use tone to do?

Which choice refers to the order of the words in a sentence?

All of these may be appropriate tone words depending on the passage excepet...

All of these are examples of colloquialism except...

Which diction is specific?

These are all types of medical jargon except...

The opposite of what you expect to happen.

Which type of diction is used within a particular profession?

These are all types of hyperbole except..

The function of imagery is illustrate an idea, a feeling or the particular qualities of something

Authors can slow you down/speed you up/force you to pay attention to diction by placing it strategically in sentences.

Which type of diction is comparison, not literal?

All of these are examples of personification except...

A complex comparison that extends the comparison in such a way that the two ideas might be alike in various ways?

What do we call the emotional meaning of the word?

This is juxtaposition with parallel structure, i.e. "It was the best of times and it was the worst of times."

Long sentence tend to be more descriptive.

Metaphors, similes and analogies are direct comparisons?

Longer sentences slow a reader down and provide a medium for physical description, often of settings.

Which type of diction is familiar, conversational; often associated with a region or age group?

Author use hyperbole in order to do this.

This is the placement of two contrasting ideas side by side in order to emphasize their contrasts.