Vocab Pre-Test: Rhetorical Devices & Strategies

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Word choice in writing

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diction

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Presentation of something as smaller or less important than it is.

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understatement

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Art of using language effectively and persuasively

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rhetoric

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Exaggeration for effect

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hyperbole

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Order of words in a sentence

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syntax

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A figure of speech where an object or animal is given human traits.

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personification

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Contrast between what is said & meant

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verbal irony

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Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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simile

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Quality of being believable or trustworthy

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credibility

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Brief narrative focusing on a specific incident or event

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anecdote