Rhetorical Terms Quiz #3 (diction, parallelism, and more)

a set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses

• diction
• parallelism
• antithesis
• asyndeton

an author's unusual word choice such as archaic language or especially evocative choices that contain powerful connotations.

• polysyndeton
• antthesis
• parallelism
• diction

the placing of opposing or contrasting ideas and/or words within the same sentence or very close together to emphasize their disparity. 

• antithesis
• asyndeton
• diction
• polysyndeton

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

conjunctions are omitted, producing fast-paced and rapid prose to speed up the reader so as to have the reader experience the events along with the persona in a rapid succession

• polysyndeton
• asyndeton 
• parallelism
• diction

the use of many conjunctions; it slows the pace of the reader but the effect is to possibly overwhelm the reader with details thus connecting the reader and the persona to the same experience.

• asyndeton
• polysyndeton
• antithesis
• diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

"He walked to the store; he walked to the library; he walked to the apartment"

• parallelism
• antithesis
• diction
• polysyndeton

"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times" 

• asyndeton
• polysysndeton
• antithesis
• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"I woke up, got out of bed, pulled on my clothes, rushed out the door"

• diction
• asyndeton
• polysyndeton
• antithesis

"My mother cooked roasted turkey and cornbread stuffing and sweet potatoes and peas and apple pie."

• antithesis
• diction
• polysyndeton
• asyndeton

Which word has to do with our personal connections with words, and can be discussed in terms of positive, negative, or neutral?

• jargon
• denotation
• vernacular
• connotation