Rhetorical Devices English 1

____ is an act of stating something more profoundly than it actually is.

A ____ is a statement in a non-fiction or a fiction work that a writer intends to support.

To ridicule/criticize vices in society the writer considers to be a threat to civilization.

The ASPCA ads on television featuring homeless and abused animals.

It guides a piece of writing to its ultimate purpose.

____ is the arrangement of story elements according to purpose, style, and genre.

Primary function is to persuade and audience and mold their perceptions about a cause.

____ is a set of rules in a language.

____ is stating something more profoundly than it actually is to make a point more serious.

____ mean to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.

Yoda speaking in inverted sentences to talk about "The Force" is an example of this.

Logic is greatly valued and this type of convincing approach is generally honored.

____ means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.

A ___ is a technique used to persuade a reader to see a topic from a different perspective.

____ means to convince an audience of the author's credibility or character.

A makeup commercial features famous women who use this makeup.

"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!/It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night."

____ refers to the identification of the components of a story.

An important strategy used for different emotional effects.

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved." (Twain)

Determines the mood of a piece of literature.

Holden Caulfield says: "I have to have this operation. It isn't serious....tumor on the brain."

The function is to summarize the content of the preceding section.

The Fichtean Curve and In Media Res are examples of this rhetorical device.

_____ are words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs.

____ is an imitation of a work, exaggerating it deliberately for comic effect.

In literature, ____ is the way in which an author writes and/or tells a story.