Literary and Rhetorical Terms

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

What is an example of metonymy?

Beginning a narrative in the middle of the action.

Which contains an example of antimetabole?

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

Is Thomas Paine's Common Sense an example of a polemic?

Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words.

Paradox (Choose the correct answer)

The omission of a word or words necessary for complete construction but understood in context.

The placement of elements, characters, scenes, objects, for purposes of comparison and contrast

Inflated language; the use of high-sounding language for a trivial subject.

Which example contains an antecedent?

The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.

A sensation produced in one sense when stimulus is applied to another is...

Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity.

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

Choose one of the rhetorical modes.

Choose the correct example of polysyndeton.

The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses.

Refers to the resemblance a work bears to reality.

The multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.

What is stream of consciousness?

An adjective that describes words, phrases, or tone that is scholarly, academic, or bookish

Sensory details used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.

Reversing the normal word order of a sentence.

A work that imitates the style of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule

A personal attack on the character or other traits of one's opponent.

The technique of assigning human emotion to a concept, animal, or inanimate object.

What is an example of aphorism?

What is a correct example of parallelism?

Find a correct example of inductive reasoning.

What is expository writing?

A balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses.

Generally, anything that represents, stands for, something else.

The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work.

What is an example of hyperbole?

A natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humor.

Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things.

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

The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing.

What is this term?

A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.

A metaphor developed at length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.

Any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral and spiritual advice.

What term pokes fun at serious issues for reform or ridicule?

A sudden drop from the dignified or important in thought or expression to the commonplace.

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

A quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work that is suggestive of the theme.

A figure of speech in which an author juxtaposes apparently contradictory terms.

Construction in which both halves of the sentence are about the same length and importance.