Basic Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

What is another term you could use for compare and contrast

Accepted Answer

Similarities and Differences

Question 2

What is it called when an action results into something?

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Cause and effect analysis

Question 3

What is the definition of Parallelism

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To have identical corresponding clauses

Question 4

Which one is not a type of exemplification

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personal experiences, statistics, facts

Question 5

What is the definition of definition?

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A description

Question 6

Which is a hyperbole?

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Her cruel words cut the same as a knife.

Question 7

What is a reference to something in the past, or a person?

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an allusion

Question 8

What is an example of an oxymoron?

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searing cold

Question 9

Which of these is an example of sarcasm?

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An ironic remark after a joke

Question 10

Which one of these defines a narration

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Commentary

Question 11

Which of these is an example of repetition

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Cheese green, cheese green, cheese green

Question 12

Definition of Argumentation

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convince through reasoning

Question 13

A symbol does what?

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represents a meaning

Question 14

When you divide something into parts and organize them into categories what is it called?

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Division and classification

Question 15

What is the definition of Parody?

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produce a humorously exaggerated imitation.

Question 16

What is a paradox?

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a contradiction

Question 17

What is it called when you explain how to do something?

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Process analysis

Question 18

Which one of these could be imagery

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a smell, A sound, a taste

Question 19

What is a flashback?

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action that shows an earlier time

Question 20

What is a writer's personal attitude towards a subject called?

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voice, tone, style

Question 21

Definition of metaphor and/or simile

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comparison between two things without using like or as, comparison between two things using like or as

Question 22

Which one is a description?

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she had long hair

Question 23

What is personification?

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human traits in a non-human animal/object

Question 24

definition of counterpoints

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Contrasting ideas

Question 25

Aristotelian definition

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Logos, Pathos, Ethos

Question 26

Which of the following is an analogy?

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up is to down as left is to right

Question 27

Definition of diction

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Specific choice of words

Question 28

Definition of Satire

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A funny production

Question 29

Irony is often what?

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humorous

Basic Rhetorical Devices

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