Diction Terms and Rhetorical Devices

T. Paine's story about a father who wants peace today instead of fighting so son can have it

Economical

An author's attitude

croak, screech, crunch, ratchet

Placing dissimilar objects or ideas close to one another to show contrast (rosebush and prison)

An image or word that's repeated throughout a literary work & is usually meaningful or symbolic

"...not on this state, or that state, but every state" is an example of

Repetition of the beginnings of successive phrases or sentences

In "The Author to her Book," Bradstreet compares a book to a child throughout the poem. This is

A one syllable word

A word that is no longer in common use, like "thou," "scuffle," "halt," or "behold"

"Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have...; our supplications have..."

(rhetorical devices / literary terms) --- What is an aphorism?

Conversational, casual speech

chair

slang common in a certain group or region, like "y'all," "'sup bro," "squad goals," "BFF," etc.

home, testimony, feast, gown

When Paine writes, "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot," this phrase is an example of

hallelujah

"...the necessity which constrains them to expunge their former systems of government."

An exaggeration or overstatement is...

Thesis statement that previews the subpoints (or body paragraph topics) of an essay

house, book, food, clothing

The art of using words to persuade

If a writer is eliciting pathos in his audience, he is evoking

When Paine writes, "Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered," this is an example of...

"My rambling brat (in print) should mother call" (Bradstreet line 8) is an example of

Referencing God, saying God is on our side, or attributing an occurrence to the will of God

If a writer establishes ethos, he

LOVE is in the air