Literary and Rhetorical Terms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What figure of speech is this ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What figure of speech addresses an Apostrophe?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which Literary term is being used in the example below?

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

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

Which of these examples below displays a clause?

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

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

What is an Anaphora?

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

A brief story from which a lesson may be drawn.

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

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

from the Greek, "to tear the flesh"

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

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

Qualities of a work that evoke pity or sorrow.

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

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

Which point of view is this example displaying?

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

The art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse.

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