Rhetorical Devices #4

Question 1

Work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and ridicule

Answer 1

Parody

Question 2

Adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish

Answer 2

Pedantic

Question 3

Sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end; preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone

Answer 3

Periodic sentence

Question 4

Figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions

Answer 4

Personification

Question 5

Perspective from which a story is told

Answer 5

Point of view

Question 6

One type of subject complement; adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb

Answer 6

Predicate adjective

Question 7

A second type of subject complement; a noun, a group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject

Answer 7

Predicate nominative

Question 8

One of the major divisions of genre; refers to to fiction and nonfiction

Answer 8

Prose

Question 9

Duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language

Answer 9

Repetition

Question 10

Speaker who uses elements of rhetoric effectively in oral or written test

Answer 10

Rhetor

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Rhetorical modes

Question 12

Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something; from the Greek meaning “to tear flesh”

Answer 12

Sarcasm