Which of these sentences demonstrates asyndeton?

The dark, the moon, the stars - all created a romantic effect.

Which of these is an imperative sentence?

Go to the Media Center to take your ID photo.

A less offensive way of stating something

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1
An author's word choice (Words or phrases)
Denotation
Diction
Denouement
Disparaging
2
Purpose for writing
Rhetoric
Exigence
Subject
Excellent
3
How prepared should you be to discuss themes from TAOMX (novel)?
somewhat
extremely
a little
4
Persuasion based on facts
Pathos
Bathos
Logos
Ethos
5
Celebrity endorsements provide
Logos
ethos
pathos
6
First person account; credibility
logos
bathos
ethos
pathos
7
The art of persuasion
argument
writing
rhetoric
8
Slang is
denotation
allusion
colloquial language
formal language
9
Sensory language
imagery
details
diction
syntax
10
Reference to somethin from the past or culture
Antithesis
Allegory
Anaphora
Allusion
11
To disparage somone is to
allow them to roam freely.
put them down.
lift them up.
hold them accountable.
12
Suggested or implied meaning of a word
connotation
jargon
denotation
pathos
13
Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die.
anaphora
paradox
allusion
epistrophe
14
Which of these sentences demonstrates asyndeton?
Macbeth's tragic flaw, overarching ambition, is a common.
A stormy night sets the tone for the horror film.
The dark, the moon, the stars - all created a romantic effect.
15
Which of these is an imperative sentence?
Tomorrow is my birthday.
Christmas is only two weeks away; I am so excited!
Go to the Media Center to take your ID photo.
How can I help you?
16
In rhetoric, the, ___________, the time and place of an event is closely linked to exigence: the spark.
occasion
location
bias
subject
17
What does the S in TPCASTT stand for
Subject
Shift
Speaker
Synechdoche
18
Jargon is
figurative language
technical terminology
persuasive speech
colloquial language
19
What is a euphemism?
A less offensive way of stating something
a humorous way of stating something
A more offensive way of stating something
a serious way of stating something
20
Similar grammatical constructs
argument
parallelism
syntax
rhetoric
21
MLA stands for
My lonely angel
Modern Language Association
Modern Language Arts
22
We shall... we shall... we shall...
anaphora
allusion
analogy
antithesis
23
Epistrophe is the opposite of anaphora.
True
False

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