Literary and Rhetorical Terms

A work that closely imitates the style of another with the specific aim of comic effects.

Language describing ideas and qualities rather than specific things, people, or places.

Containing both a subject and a verb, but unlike the independent clause, unable to stand alone.

from the Greek, "to tear the flesh"

The subject of the sentence by either (1) renaming it or (2) describing it.

A more agreeable or less unpleasant substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.

The quality of realism in a work that persuades the reader that a vision of life is real.

The quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things .

Describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing.

Qualities of a work that evoke pity or sorrow.

The placement of elements, characters side by side for purposes of comparison and contrast.

An emotionally violent verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.

Sentence that uses and or another conjunction (with no commas) to separate the items.

To combine or bring together two or elements to produce something more complex.

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

What figure of speech is this ?

Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a topic or issue.

This figure of speech refers to the technique of human emotion to a concept, animal, or object.

A symbol is something concrete such as an object, character, action or scene.

The relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or and idea is conveyed.

A brief story from which a lesson may be drawn.

An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone.

A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform.

A direct or indirect reference to something which is commonly known, as an events and books.

The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words and their relation to one another.

A fallacy in which the opponent’s side is misrepresented in order to attack and refute it.

Which Literary term is being used in the example below?

The part of an author to flow with thoughts in the human mind with its feelings and memories.

A sensation produced in one sense when stimulus is applied to another with hearing a sound.

Words such as however, therefore, then and here are often used as what rhetoric term?

One type of subject complement-an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clauses.

Which point of view is this example displaying?

What figure of speech addresses an Apostrophe?

The sum of the choices an author have with figurative language, and other literary devices.

A work of fiction or nonfiction is said to be related to central idea or principle.

An organization of information using spatial cues such as top to bottom or left to right.

An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion.

The fictional voice (or mask) that a writer adopts to tell a story.

A syntactical device in which one word modifies or controls two or more words in a sentence

Writing or speech not intended to convey literal meaning, usually imaginative and vivid.

A figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole thing.

The art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse.

Sensory details or figurative language used to describe emotion, or represent abstractions.

What is an Anaphora?

A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.

A figure of speech in which the author presents or concepts using objects with human values.

Referred to as parallel construction or structure, this terms means "beside one another."

Which of these examples below displays a clause?

The fallacy of raising an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue.

Similar to mood, describes the author's attitude toward his or her material.