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Question 1

Motif

Answer 1

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work

Question 2

Narration

Answer 2

An account of events as they happen, organizes material on the basis of chronological order or
pattern, stresses sequence of events and paces them according to emphasis

Question 3

Onomatopoeia

Answer 3

using words that imitate the sound they denote

Question 4

Oxymoron

Answer 4

conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence’)

Question 5

Pacing

Answer 5

Speed at which a piece of writing moves along, depends on balance between summarizing and representing action in detail, can be affected by syntax

Question 6

Paradox

Answer 6

(logic) a statement that contradicts itself

Question 7

Parallelism

Answer 7

Principle of coherent writing requiring that coordinating elements be given the same grammatical form

Question 8

Parody

Answer 8

Work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. Mimics the original by repeating and borrowing words, phrases or characteristics to illuminate weaknesses.

Question 9

Pathos

Answer 9

Appeal to emotion and feelings, a legitimate ploy as long as it is not excessively or exclusively used

Question 10

Periodic statement

Answer 10

Sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end, used to add emphasis and structural variety. See loose sentence.

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

Attributing human qualities to nonhuman objects, abstractions, or animals

Question 12

Persuasion

Answer 12

communication intended to induce belief or action

Question 13

Plot

Answer 13

the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.

Question 14

Point of view

Answer 14

who tells the story or the “voice” that the story is told in

Question 15

Process analysis

Answer 15

A type of development in writing that stresses how a sequence of steps produces a certain effect.

Question 16

Realism

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the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

Question 17

Red herring

Answer 17

Flawed argument that involves introducing a side issue to distract from the main argument, example: questioning dirty clinics in an argument about the ethics of having an aborting

Question 18

Repetition

Answer 18

the act of doing or performing again; the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

Question 19

Rhetoric

Answer 19

study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade

Question 20

Rhetorical modes

Answer 20

The variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. 4 types: exposition,
argumentation, description, and narration. AKA modes of discourse