7223550325 | Ethos | Ethic appeal. Sense you (author) gives as being competent/ fair/ authority | 0 | |
7223550326 | Pathos | Emotional appeals. Appeal to beliefs and feelings higher emotions | 1 | |
7223550327 | Logos | Rational appeals. Appeal to logical reasoning ability of readers | 2 | |
7223550328 | rhetorical question | A question used by a speaker to provoke thought | 3 | |
7223550329 | Parallelism | Using the same grammatical structure or syntax repetitively Example when you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you can not be too conservative- Martin Luther king jr. | 4 | |
7223550330 | Anecdote | A short personal story, it is for the propose of building a connect between to reader or author or speaker | 5 | |
7223550331 | figurative Language | writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally | 6 | |
7223550332 | Metaphor | Direct comparison saying one thing is the other | 7 | |
7223550333 | Simile | Is a comparison using comparison words | 8 | |
7223550334 | Alliteration | Repetition of the initial consonant sound in serval words | 9 | |
7223550335 | Hyperbole | using extreme exaggeration to make an affect | 10 | |
7223550336 | Personification | the giving of human or life like qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 11 | |
7223550337 | Alluison | To make reference to a well known person, place, or event | 12 | |
7223550338 | Allude | Make reference to | 13 | |
7223550339 | Tone | The feeling or emotions that an author communicates word choice, syntax, | 14 | |
7223550340 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 15 | |
7255001562 | Anaphora | Repetition of the same word of phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences | 16 | |
7255001563 | Diction | An author's word choice, used to convey tone | 17 | |
7255001564 | Imagery | The use of sense words to evoke feelings through the creation of vivid "pictures" using descriptive and figurative language | 18 | |
7266592085 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 19 | |
7918511536 | Satire | the use of ridicule, sarcasm, wit, or irony in order to expose, set right, destroy, or laugh at a vice, human folly, or social evil. | 20 | |
7918511537 | Caricature | exaggeration of one or more characteristic details to represent a person, often the distortion of a visual aspect, such as a big nose | 21 | |
7918511538 | Lampoon | a sharp, often virulent satire directed against a person, a social institution, or the government. To get an idea of the harshness of the ridicule, think of the homonym harpoon. | 22 | |
7918511539 | Mockery | imitation with the purpose of making fun of the original. Ex. a mock heroic would present a ridiculous hero, such as the cartoon character the Tick, with all the heroic language of the cartoon character Batman; or, a mock elegy, instead of mourning the death or downfall of an individual, would slyly or gleefully celebrate someone's demise. | 23 | |
7918511540 | Understatement | deliberately representing something as much less than it really is. Jonathon Swift wrote, "Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her appearance." | 24 | |
7918511541 | Pun | a play on words for comic effect involving the use of one of the following a. words which sound similar but differ in meaning, e.g. collar and color b. words with two of more meanings, e.g. buck (male deer and dollar bill) c. words which sound exactly the same but differ in meaning, e.g. son and sun | 25 | |
7918511542 | Parody | a literary composition that imitates the characteristic style of a serious work or writer and uses its features to treat trivial, nonsensical material. Its aim is mockery or satire. Ex. from General McCarthur: "Old soldiers never die. They just fade away." Parody: Old blondes never gray. They just die away. | 26 | |
7918511543 | Amplification | the repetition of a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what might otherwise be passed over. In other words, amplification allows you to call attention to, emphasize, and expand a word or idea to make sure the reader realizes its importance or centrality in the discussion. | 27 | |
7918511544 | Verbal irony | is a figure of speech in which the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning. Ex. using "cute" to mean the opposite of cute. | 28 | |
7918511545 | Situational irony | occurs when the outcome of a work of fiction is opposite from the ending that the author has been leading toward. | 29 | |
7918511546 | Dramatic irony | occurs when a character is kept ignorant of facts revealed to the audience; thus, his or her words and actions will have another level of meaning for the audience. | 30 | |
7918511547 | Damning with faint praise | intentional use of a positive statement that has a negative implication because of additional information, e.g. "Your acting has even more nuance than Sylvester Stalone's." | 31 | |
7918511548 | Persona | a mask adopted by a writer, the person who is understood to be speaking (or thinking or writing) a particular work. The persona is almost invariably distinct from the author; it is the voice chosen by the author for a particular artistic purpose. The persona may be a character in the work or merely an unnamed narrator; but, insofar as the manner and style of expression in the work exhibit taste, prejudice, emotion, or other characteristics of a human personality, the work may be said to be in the voice of a persona | 32 |
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