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Question 1

Persona

Answer 1

the character created or adopted by the rhetorician when he/she writes, speaks, or presents.

Question 2

Warrant

Answer 2

unstated assumptions or underlying beliefs shared by the speaker and the audience. Explicitly stated, or implied, the warrant establishes common ground and helps to ensure reliability of the claim.

Question 3

Colloquial Language/Colloquialism

Answer 3

Informalities in ordinary speech or writing widely used in a particular region. Creates a local color and provides an informal, conversational, or familiar tone. bloke, lad, chap, guy, fella, dude, bro, brah, homeboy, . .

Question 4

Conceit

Answer 4

A fanciful poetic expression or ingenious comparison, usually elaborate or exaggerated. Example - “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun.” (Shakespearean sonnet)

Question 5

Connotation

Answer 5

The non literal, implied, or suggested meaning of a word based on its associated images. Example – A stubborn person may be described as “strong willed” or “pig headed.” Strong willed = admiration of them, pig headed = frustration working with them.

Question 6

Denotation

Answer 6

The strict, literal, dictionary definition of the word.

Question 7

Diction

Answer 7

Refers to the writer’s word choice, contributes to style, tone, and meaning. (Formal, Informal, Colloquial, Slang) or (High/Elevated, Middle, Informal) Poetic?

Question 8

Didactic Language

Answer 8

Writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. A didactic work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical principles.

Question 9

Syntax

Answer 9

The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences—sentence patterns. The rules of sentence structure.

Question 10

Homily

Answer 10

A sermon, especially intended to edify an audience on a practical matter, not necessarily theological.

Question 11

Invective

Answer 11

Emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong language; suggests one is merely being abusive, not making logical or valid points.

Question 12

Metonymy

Answer 12

A figure of speech using substitution in which a word is used for a concept or associated object/idea. Example - A news release claims “the White House declared” rather than “the President declared” is using metonymy. (crown = royalty, sweat = hard work)

Question 13

Paradox

Answer 13

A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. Example - Everyone is completely unique, just like everyone else.

Question 14

Parallelism

Answer 14

Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs. Example - “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” The effects of parallelism are numerous, but frequently, they act as an organizing force to attract the reader’s attention, add emphasis and organization, or simply provide a musical rhythm

Question 15

Pedantic Language

Answer 15

Words, phrases, or a general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.

Question 16

Personification

Answer 16

The use of human qualities to characterize non human objects or concepts. “The flowers danced in the singing wind under the guidance of the sun.”

Question 17

Ambiguous Language

Answer 17

vague, lacking clarity; results in misunderstanding or uncertainty

Question 18

Analogy

Answer 18

the comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship. Example - hot is to cold as fire is to ice

Question 19

Aphorism

Answer 19

brief witty saying exposing some sort of truth. Example – An apple a day keeps the doctor away. B - Frank

Question 20

Apostrophe

Answer 20

figure of speech, often occurring on stage, directly addressing an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love as if the abstraction is capable of understanding.

“Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.”
(Richard Rodgers, “Blue Moon”)

Question 21

Oxymoron

Answer 21

a figure of speech combining two terms that would normally contradict each other (healthy tan, jumbo shrimp, working vacation)

Question 22

Syllogism

Answer 22

a format of logical argument in which one proposition (conclusion) is inferred from a major premise and minor premise in the following form:
Major premise: All humans are mortal.
Minor premise: Socrates is human.
Conclusion: Socrates is mortal