Rhetorical and Figurative Language Review

1. Rhetorical and Figurative Language Review

2. The cry of grief, rage, and terror, was yet piercing the night, when the unhappy husband held his breath for a response. There was a scream, drowned immediately in a louder murmur of voices, fading into far-off laughter, as the dark cloud swept away, leaving the clear and silent sky above Goodman Brown. But something fluttered lightly down through the air, and caught on the branch of a tree. The young man seized it, and beheld a pink ribbon. "My Faith is gone!" cried he, after one stupefied moment. "There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! for to thee is this world given." Alliteration Anaphora Allusion Allegory Allegory

3. A third-person narrator who only reports what would be visible to the audience; thoughts and feelings are only revealed if a character speaks them Stream of consciousness narrator First-person narrator Limited omniscient narrator Objective narrator Objective narrator

4. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" - Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Metaphor Simile Synecdoche Anachronism Synecdoche

5. A short tale that teaches a moral Parable

6. A rhetorical term for the listing of details Simile Metaphor Enumeration Juxtaposition Enumeration

7. “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”. “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties, there isn’t any privacy.” Paradox Onomatopoeia Personification Analogy Paradox

8. It was not until Henry made the football team that he realized what hard work it was going to be. Loose sentence Periodic sentence Anecdote Idyll Periodic Sentence

9. An impersonal presentation of events and characters Objectivity

10. A brief tale used in medieval times to illustrate a sermon or to teach a lesson Exemplum

11. “God help me! I much fear that I have wrought. A curse on mine own head, and knew it not.” “Apollo, the Pure, the Far-smiter; O Three that keep evil away. If of old for our city's desire.” Apostrophe Caricature Apostrophe Allusion Colloquialism

12. A word or phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing. Colloquialism

13. “The wrath of God is like great waters that are damned for the present; they increase more and more, and rise higher and higher, till an outlet is given; and the longer the stream is stopped, the more rapid and mighty is its course when once it is let loose.”—Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Metaphor Personification Simile Paradox Simile

14. A type of literary work, such as a novel or poem Genre

15. “Yea, on the contrary, justice calls aloud for an infinite punishment of their sins. Divine justice says of the tree that brings forth such grapes of Sodom.”—Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Onomatopoeia Persona Personification Imagery Personification

16. “I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the tories…Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. ”—Thomas Paine, “An American Crisis Ethos Pathos Logos Pathos

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

18. Arhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences to give them emphasis Epistrophe

19. “There was a remarkable intelligence in his features, as of a person who had so cultivated his mental part that it could not fail to mold the physical to itself, and become manifest by unmistakable tokens.”—The Scarlet Letter Periodic Sentence Loose Sentence Imperative Sentence Cumulative Structure Loose Sentence

20. “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer solider and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”—Thomas, Paine, “An American Crisis” Ethos Pathos Logos Pathos

21. "It was not a mere man he was holding, but a giant; or a block of granite. The pull was unendurable. The pain unendurable.“--James Ramsey, Banner in the Sky Metaphor and Allusion Hyperbole and Metaphor Anaphora and Hyperbole Assonance and Metaphor Hyperbole and Metaphor

22. So high is Mount Everest that climbers can take only a couple of steps per minute as they near the summit. Parallel Structure Inverted Structure Paradox Periodic Sentence Inverted Structure

23. Stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect Polysyndeton

24. The main theme or subject of a work that is elaborated on in the development of the piece; a repeated pattern or idea Motif

25. Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance or a facet of personality Caricature Cacophony Colloquialism Consonance Caricature

26. All nations and ages have been subject to them: Britain has trembled like an ague at the report of a French fleet of flat-bottomed boats; and in the fourteenth century, the whole English army, after ravaging the kingdom of France was driven back like men petrified with fear, and this was performed by a few broken forces and headed by a woman, Joan of Arc.—Thomas Paine, “An American Crisis” Anaphora Dissonance Allusion Metonymy Allusion

27. "We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.“--Winston Churchill, speech to the House of Commons Anaphora Epistrophe Analogy Hyperbole Anaphora

28. The narrator, who is a character in the story and relates the actions through is or her own perspective, also revealing his or her own thoughts First-person narrator Stream of consciousness narrator Omniscient narrator Limited omniscient narrator First-person narrator

29. “…for when their day’s work in the field is done, the most of them having their washing, mending and cooking to do, and when this is done, old and young, male and female, married and single, drop down side by side on come common bed, each covering himself or herself their miserable blankets, and here they sleep till they are summoned.” --Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Epigram Parody Antithesis Enumeration Enumeration

30. “But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.” ---Martin Luther King, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail Ethos Pathos Logos Ethos

31. A third-person narrator who reports the thoughts of only one character and generally only what one character sees First-person narrator Limited omniscient narrator Omniscient narrator Stream of consciousness narrator Limited omniscient narrator

32. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way…”—Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Personification and Onomatopoeia Juxtaposition and Alliteration Colloquialism and Paradox Paradox and Juxtaposition Paradox and Juxtaposition

33. Such was our situation and condition at Fort Lee on the morning of the 20th of November, when an officer arrived with information that the enemy with 200 boats lad landed about seven miles above: Major Green immediately ordered them under arms, and sent express to General Washington at the town of Hackensack, distant bout six miles…” –Thomas Paine, ”An American Crisis”. Ethos Pathos Logos Logos

34. Presents a chronological sequence of steps that explain how something is done, how something happens, or how readers can do something. Process analysis Description Narration Persuasion Process analysis

35. Reversing the customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase Inversion

36. “For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best.” - John F. Kennedy Syllogism Juxtaposition Epistrophe Anaphora Epistrophe

37. A figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which it is associated. Metonymy

38. Instead of placing the reader inside the character’s head like the first-person narrator, this narrator gives the reader access to the continuous, chaotic, flow of disconnected thoughts and impressions in the character’s mind First-person narrator Limited omniscient narrator Omniscient narrator Stream of consciousness narrator Stream of consciousness narrator

39. The picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell and touch Narration Persuasion Process Analysis Description Description

40. Specific type of repetition; word phrase or clause repeated at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row Anaphora

41. The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.


 Asyndeton

42. A third-person narrator, who is able to see into each character’s mind and understands all the action First-person narrator Limited omniscient narrator Omniscient narrator Stream of consciousness narrator Omniscient narrator

43. "Cold; tempest; wild beasts in the forest. It is a hard life. Their houses are built of logs, dark and smoky within. There will be a crude icon of the virgin behind a guttering candle, the leg of a pig hung up to cure, a string of drying mushrooms. A bed, a stool, a table. Harsh, brief, poor lives.”—Angela Carter, “Wolves” Polysyndeton Asyndeton Syllogism Litotes Asyndeton

44. A comparison of two similar but different things usually to clarify an action or a relationship Allegory Euphony Cacophony Analogy Analogy

45. An instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions, each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion Syllogism

46. I said, ‘Who killed him?’ and he said ‘I don’t know who killed him, but he’s dead all right,’ and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights or windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Key and she was right only she was full of water.—Ernest Hemmingway, “After the Storm” Polysyndeton Asyndeton Syllogism Litotes Polysyndeton

47. “Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality.”—Martin Luther King, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Polysyndeton Asyndeton Syllogism Litotes Syllogism