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Group	Hint	Answer	% Correct
Linguistic Devices	Describes/modifies a noun	Adjective	75%
Linguistic Devices	A word meaning 'word choice.'	Diction	75%
Linguistic Devices	Intentional use of exaggeration	Hyperbole	75%
Linguistic Devices	A figurative comparison which compares or draws similarities between two different things	Metaphor	75%
Linguistic Devices	A question which is used to prove a point, rather than elicit an answer	Rhetorical Question	75%
Structural Devices	The most intense point in the development of the narrative	Climax	70%
Linguistic Devices	When one means the opposite of what one says	Irony / Sarcasm	70%
Linguistic Device	Word that imitates or suggests the sound that it describes	Onomatopoeia	70%
Linguistic Devices	Figurative comparison which uses 'like' or 'as.'	Simile	70%
Linguistic Devices	A short, personal story that attempts to capture a truth about life	Anecdote	60%
Rhetorical Appeals	The use of qualification, experience or credibility to show your reliability as a speaker	Ethos	60%
Linguistic Devices	To place two concepts, ideas, or places near or next to each other so that the reader will compare and contrast them	Juxtaposition	60%
Rhetorical Appeals	The use of logical or numerable data to show your reliability as a speaker	Logos	60%
Rhetorical Appeals	The use of emotive effects to show your reliability as a speaker	Pathos	60%
Linguistic Device	Type of imagery to do with sight	Visual Imagery / Visual	60%
Linguistic Devices	A noun which denotes a intangible thing	Abstract Noun	55%
Linguistic Devices	A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt	Euphemism	55%
Structural Devices	An advance hint of what is to come later	Foreshadow / Foreshadowing	55%
Linguistic Devices	A noun which denotes a unique person, place, thing or institution	Proper Noun	55%
Linguistic Devices	A word or phrase that runs throughout an advertising campaign.	Slogan	55%
Linguistic Device	The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.	Tone	55%
Structural Devices	Repetition of the same word or phrase at the start of a sentence	Anaphora	50%
Linguistic Devices	An old-fashioned term or word	Archaism	50%
Linguistic Devices	Imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect	Caricature / Parody	50%
Structural Devices	Arranged in the order of time	Chronological	50%
Linguistic Device	Type of imagery to do with taste	Gustatory Imagery / Gustatory	50%
Linguistic Device	Type of sentence which gives an order or command	Imperative	50%
Linguistic Device	Type of imagery to do with smell	Olfactory Imagery / Olfactory	50%
Linguistic Device	Type of imagery to do with touch	Tactile Imagery / Tactile	50%
Structural Devices	A rhetorical term for a series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses.	Tricolon / Triple / Rule of Thirds / Rule of Three / Triad	50%
Linguistic Device	A reference to something outside of the text. Normally cultural.	Allusion	45%
Linguistic Device	Type of imagery to do with sound	Auditory Imagery / Auditory	45%
Terms for Comics	Another word for 'box' or 'frame'	Panel	45%
Text Type	A piece delivered to a live audience and requires skills of rhetoric and oration	Speech	45%
Linguistic Device	An adjective showing the highest quality or degree	Superlative	45%
Linguistic Devices	A type of noun which denotes an object which can be physically touched	Concrete Noun	40%
Structural Devices	A term meaning 'word order.'	Syntax	40%
Text Type	Online piece written from the perspective of an individual looking to share, inform or persuade	Blog	35%
Structural Devices	When a text's conclusion returns to an idea introduced at the beginning	Cyclical Structure	35%
Linguistic Device	Type of sentence which makes a statement of fact or opinion	Declarative	35%
Terms for Comics	When unrealistic pictorial elements appear from the bodies of characters in comics	Emanata	35%
Linguistic Device	Type of sentence which asks a question	Interrogative	35%
Linguistic Devices	A series of words which share a semantic relationship	Lexical Field	35%
Visual Text Terms	The use of light in a visual text	Lighting	35%
Structural Devices	a number of connected items written one after the other to emphasize a particular quality	List / Listing	35%
Linguistic Devices	Vague words like 'some people believe' in order to convince an audience. Often looked down upon.	Weasel Words / Ambiguity	35%
Visual Text Terms	The perspective the audience views the content from	Angle	30%
Linguistic Devices	When opposites are paired with each other "War and Peace", "Life or Death', etc.	Antithesis	30%
Rhetorical Appeals	References to 'studies' or people with authority who endorse the ad's ideas, in an effort to sell a product.	Authority / Appeal to Authority	30%
Linguistic Devices	When a speaker behaves in an obsequious way towards an audience to get them on their side	Flattery	30%
Terms for Comics	The space between the above	Gutter	30%
Text Type	An informative text which uses many visual features to educate the reader in a linear fashion	Infographic	30%
Linguistic Device	Deliberate inclusion of strange or inexplicable things. Often used in satire	Absurdity / Absurd	25%
Text Type	Solicits sales for products	Advertisement	25%
Structural Devices	Use of long sentences with multiple subordinate clauses.	Hypotaxis	25%
Structural Devices	Use of short, simple, journalistic sentences.	Parataxis.	25%
Linguistic Devices	Term which means to bask in the misery of others.	Schadenfreude	25%
Terms for Comics	A form of direct narration, where the reader reads what characters say, word for word	Speech Bubble	25%
Terms for Comics	Small squiggly lines which show movement	Agitron	20%
Text Type	Solicits donations from members of the public	Appeal / Charity Appeal	20%
Terms for Comics	McCloud's term for how audiences compensate for missing information between panels	Closure	20%
Visual Text Terms	The type of look a person/animal in an image gives to the audience	Gaze	20%
Terms for Comics	Wavy lines which show heat or light	Indotherm	20%
Linguistic Device	A veiled order or command	Mitigated Directive	20%
Linguistic Devices	To present a story in a way which inspires fear, excitements or anger, often at the expense of facts	Sensationalism / sensationalize	20%
Visual Text Terms	Geometric items which appear in a piece	Shapes / Shape	20%
Terms for Comics	A form of direct narration, where the reader reads what characters think, word for word	Thought Bubble	20%
Visual Text Terms	Lines which appear in a visual text. They can break up a text or lend it cohesion.	Vectors / Vector	20%
Text Type	An opinion piece where the writer isn't named. The piece represents the views of the publication	Editorial	15%
Terms for Comics	When symbols are used in the place of letters. Usually to represent a character swearing	Grawlix	15%
Text Type	A writer presents their singular view / experience on a topic in a personal style	Essay / Personal Essay	10%