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Final Jeopardy Question Sentence Types Grammar Rhetorical Devices I Figurative Language Rhetorical Devices II 10 20 30 40 Click and highlight the Category, then type in your own topic. Final Jeopardy Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 10 Point Question What is a loose sentence? 6 What is a loose sentence? 1 2 5 4 3 A basic sentence with details added immediately at the end of the basic sentence elements Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 20 Point Question What is a compound sentence? 6 What is a compound sentence? 1 2 5 4 3 A sentence that has at least two clauses, each of which could exist as a simple sentence if you removed the conjunction connecting them. Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

a sentence that has a single independent clause 6 What is a simple sentence? 1 2 5 4 3 a sentence that has a single independent clause Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 40 Point Question What is a periodic sentence? 6 What is a periodic sentence? 1 2 5 4 3 a sentence in which additional details are placed in one of two positions, either before the basic sentence elements or in the middle of them Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

The noun or pronoun from which another pronoun derives its meaning 6 What is an antecedent? 1 2 5 4 3 The noun or pronoun from which another pronoun derives its meaning Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 20 Point Question What is an appositive? 6 What is an appositive? 1 2 5 4 3 a word or phrase that follows a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

a word that has sthe same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word 6 What is a synonym? 1 2 5 4 3 a word that has sthe same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 40 Point Question What is a zeugma? 6 What is a zeugma? 1 2 5 4 3 occurs when a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 10 Point Question What is ethos? 6 What is ethos? 1 2 5 4 3 the speaker’s credibility – the ethics or values of a speaker and a work Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 20 Point Question What is antithesis? 6 What is antithesis? 1 2 5 4 3 an opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 30 Point Question What is an analogy? 6 What is an analogy? 1 2 5 4 3 a device that asks the reader to think about the correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 40 Point Question What is a syllogism? 6 What is a syllogism? 1 2 5 4 3 a form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

compares one thing with another using the words “like” or “as” 6 1 2 5 4 3 What is a simile? compares one thing with another using the words “like” or “as” Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 20 Point Question What is apostrophe? 6 What is apostrophe? 1 2 5 4 3 a figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly 6 What is a metaphor? 1 2 5 4 3 a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 40 Point Question What is metonymy? 6 What is metonymy? 1 2 5 4 3 a figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

the use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument 6 What is logos? 1 2 5 4 3 the use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 20 Point Question What is a euphemism? 6 What is a euphemism? 1 2 5 4 3 A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasnt idea Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth 6 What is a paradox? 1 2 5 4 3 A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

writing or speech that is organized to explain 6 What is exposition? 1 2 5 4 3 writing or speech that is organized to explain Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

Final Jeopardy Question Any artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed 7 6 2 1 3 4 5 What is a trope?