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Question 1

Rhetorical question

Answer 1

A question posed with no expectation of receiving an answer, used to launch or further discussion

Question 2

Sarcasm

Answer 2

Bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule something or someone, may be used as a device of irony, but not all irony is meant to ridicule, should be witty and insightful, not cruel

Question 3

Satire

Answer 3

witty language used to convey insults or scorn

Question 4

Setting

Answer 4

the context and environment in which something is set; the physical position of something; the state of the environment in which a situation exists

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed
with like' or as’)

Question 6

Situational irony

Answer 6

incongruity between what was expected to happen and what actually occurs or what is appropriate

Question 7

Slanting

Answer 7

Selecting words, facts, or emphasis to achieve a preconceived favorable or unfavorable intent

Question 8

Speaker

Answer 8

someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

Question 9

Style

Answer 9

make consistent with certain rules of style; designate by an identifying term

Question 10

Subordination

Answer 10

Expressing in a dependent clause, phrase, or single word any idea that is not significant enough to be
expressed in a main clause or an independent sentence

Question 11

Symbol

Answer 11

something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

Question 12

Synecdoche

Answer 12

A part of something used to refer to the whole, example: “50 head of cattle” referring to 50 complete animals

Question 13

Syntax

Answer 13

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

Question 14

Theme

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Tone

Answer 15

(linguistics) the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author

Question 16

Transition

Answer 16

Words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs that indicate connections between the writer’s ideas. Provide landmarks to guide the reader from one idea to the next (SOME TYPES: time, place, result, comparison, contrast, addition, example)

Question 17

Understatement

Answer 17

a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

Question 18

Unity

Answer 18

The characteristic of having all parts contribute to the overall effect. A work is described as having unity when all sentences or paragraphs develop one idea.

Question 19

Verbal irony

Answer 19

incongruity between what a speaker says and what a speaker actually means.

Question 20

Voice

Answer 20

Presence of the sound of self, chosen by the author. Voice is affected by audience and occasion for writing, want to sound natural and is closely related to style