LA3-4H semester 2 final

Question 0

Dysphemism

Answer 0

Replacing a word with a more negative connotation (ex saying a car is old instead of a classic)

Question 1

Euphemism

Answer 1

replacing a word with a more positive connotation (ex passed away instead of died)

Question 2

Rhetorical comparison

Answer 2

Tries to connect our feelings about something to the thing itself (ex comparing someone to something negative as an insult) (ex “Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like towers of Pisa.”)(ex He had a laugh like a rabid hyena.”)

Question 3

Rhetorical definition

Answer 3

Giving a definition with a particular connotation but still seeming neutral (ex a green, red or purple berry growing on a vine,” makes it sound less desirable than a slanted definition, such as “a delicious, vibrant berry, sun-ripened on the vine.”)

Question 4

Rhetorical explanation

Answer 4

Explaining the reason for something with loaded language but with s connotation. But still seeming neutral

Question 5

Emotional associations

Answer 5

Connecting something to a stereotype

Question 6

Innuendo

Answer 6

Implying something without coming out and saying it (ex far be it of me to believe he’s a liar)

Question 7

Loaded question

Answer 7

Suggesting something just by asking a question (ex are you still…)

Question 8

Weaseler

Answer 8

A word or phrase used to shield something from criticism (ex perhaps, possibly, to the best of my knowledge)

Question 9

Downplayer

Answer 9

Making something seem less important (ex so called, merely)

Question 10

Proof surrogate

Answer 10

Something you say to seem like proof but isn’t (ex studies show, false data, experts agree, obviously)