Lit rhetorical analysis 100-150

Question 1

Figurative language:

Answer 1

how authors use literal meanings to suggest non-literal meanings

Question 2

Figures of speech

Answer 2

comparisons or associations.similes, metaphors and personifications,

Question 3

Foreshadowing

Answer 3

the use of a hint or clue to suggest a larger event that occurs later in the work.

Question 4

Formal diction

Answer 4

It is not necessarily presumptuous, but does have an educated, formal tone.

Question 5

Freight-train sentences

Answer 5

a sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions.

Question 6

General to particular

Answer 6

an organizational strategy in which the author states a general premise then gives specific evidence to lead the audience to particular conclusions.

Question 7

Genre

Answer 7

a type of literary work

Question 8

Gerund

Answer 8

a verbal that ends in –ing and functions as a noun

Question 9

Hyperbole:

Answer 9

deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis:

Question 10

Idioms

Answer 10

an expression in the usage of a language that has a meaning that cannot be derived from the
conjoined literal meanings of its elements. easy as pie

Question 11

Impact sentence

Answer 11

a statement made to end a train of thought that is intended to cause the audience to
think more about the subject.

Question 12

Imperative sentences:

Answer 12

a type of sentence structure used chiefly for issuing a directive or command

Question 13

Implicit:

Answer 13

implied

Question 14

Induction

Answer 14

syllogism. 1. Most of the jellybeans in my hand are red.
2. They were taken from this jar, and I mixed them up well before I took them out.
3. So most of the jellybeans in this jar are red.

Question 15

Inferences

Answer 15

using prior knowledge and textual information to draw conclusions

Question 16

Infinitive phrase

Answer 16

a verbal that consists of the word “to” and a verb in its stem form, to go to fly

Question 17

Informal diction

Answer 17

the plain language of everyday use.

Question 18

Interrogative sentences

Answer 18

a type of sentence structure used chiefly for asking questions.

Question 19

Invective

Answer 19

a verbally abusive attack

Question 20

Inversion:

Answer 20

reversing the customary order of elements (SVO) in a sentence or phrase.

Question 21

Jargon

Answer 21

the special language of a profession or group

Question 22

Juxtaposition

Answer 22

putting together two contrasting elements that are so unlike that the effect is surprising, witty, or even startling:

Question 23

Labyrinthine sentence

Answer 23

a finely crafted aggregation of words that weaves in and out, accruing information, riding rhythms of parallel sentence structure, long sentence

Question 24

Logos

Answer 24

appealing to reason in a measured, logical way.

Question 25

Loose/cumulative sentence structure:

Answer 25

a simple sentence with a string of details added to it.

Question 26

Maxim

Answer 26

self-evident or universally recognized truth.

Question 27

Metonymy

Answer 27

a figure of speech that replaces the name of an object, person, or idea with something with which it is associated

Question 28

Moderate

Answer 28

to make less extreme or intense.

Question 29

Moral

Answer 29

the lesson drawn from a fictional or nonfictional story

Question 30

Motif

Answer 30

a repeated pattern or idea.

Question 31

Narrative/Personal experience:

Answer 31

the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama;

Question 32

Negative-Positive statement

Answer 32

sentence that begins by stating what is NOT true, then ends by stating what IS true.

Question 33

Non sequitur

Answer 33

statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it.

Question 34

Objectivity

Answer 34

an unbiase presentation of evens/characters

Question 35

Occasion

Answer 35

the context that prompted the writing; the time and the place of the piece.