AP Rhetorical Term Test #4 Crossword
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1) In literature, the perspective from which a story is told. 2) A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate
objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. 3) This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of
writing. 4) A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent
clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone5) differs from hypophora in that it is not answered by the writer because its answer
is obvious or obviously desired, and usually just a yes or no answer would suffice. It is used for effect,
emphasis, or provocation, or for drawing a conclusionary statement from the fact at hand6) – From the Greek meaning “to tear flesh,” sarcasm involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or
ridicule someone or something. It may use irony is a device, but not all ironic statements are sarcastic, that
is, intended to ridicule.9) A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or
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2) One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and non-fiction, including all its forms. 3) From the Greek for “orator,” this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively,
eloquently, and persuasively.5) The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word,
phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.7) A second type of subject complement - a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that names
the subject. It, like the predicate adjective, follows a linking verb and is located in the predicate of the
sentence8) An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly,
academic, or bookish.
10) One type of subject complement is an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that
follows a linking verb. It is an the predicate of the sentence, and modifies, or describes, the subject.
11) Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of
conjunctions (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) not normally found in successive words, phrases or
clauses; the deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses. The effect is a
feeling of multiplicity, energetic enumeration, and building up – a persistence or intensity.
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