rhetorical devices or smth

Question 1

conjunctions are used repeatadly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed

Answer 1

polysyndeton

Question 2

refers to the authors choice of words

Answer 2

diction

Question 3

a deliberate exaggeration

Answer 3

hyperbole

Question 4

a comparison between things that have similar function or structure

Answer 4

analogy

Question 5

a portion of a speech or a piece of writing that asks the audience to take action

Answer 5

call to action

Question 6

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Answer 6

anaphora

Question 7

purposefully repeating a word or phrase a number of times throughout a text

Answer 7

repetition

Question 8

a sentence or series of sentences in which conjunctions are omitted

Answer 8

asyndeton

Question 9

the use of vivid sensory details to create a picture for the audience

Answer 9

imagery

Question 10

presents an opposing argument to a writers claim and then rebuts it

Answer 10

counterclaim

Question 11

acknowledging the validty or logic of something your opponent beilieves

Answer 11

concession

Question 12

questions to which the speaker/writer expects no response

Answer 12

rhetorical questions

Question 13

the examination of an argument in terms of its logical supportq

Answer 13

logos aka appeal to logic

Question 14

a rhetorical device in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form

Answer 14

chiasmus

Question 15

refers to the speakers character as it appears to the audience

Answer 15

appeal to ethos

Question 16

a writers sentence structure or form is repeated in the same pattern over and over

Answer 16

parallelism or parallel sturcture

Question 17

refers to the emotional, historic, and sensual associations of a wor

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connotation

Question 18

the placement of two or more things side by side

Answer 18

juxtaposition

Question 19

an argument or evidence presented to contradict or disprove another’s reasoning or claim

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rebuttal

Question 20

an attempt to pursuade the reader through an emotionally charged anecdote, description, or allusion

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pathos aka appeal to emotion

Question 21

a comparison between two different things without the use of like or as

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metaphor

Question 22

a short, illustrative story

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anecdote

Question 23

an implicit reference to something

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allusion

Question 24

the arrangement of words, puncutation, clauses,, and phrases in a sentence.

Answer 24

syntax