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Rhetoric
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An understatement - This is quite a nice city -- instead of it's a fabulous city
Parallelism
Hyperbation
Litotes
Euphemism
2. An artful variation from expected modes of expression -- Pun for example
Apology
Trope
Syllogism
Parable
3. An elaborate statement justifying a controversial position -- 'We hold these truths to be self evident ...'
Trope
Apology
Image
Genre
4. Repetition at the end of a clause: 'Blood hath brought blood.'
Diction
Symbol
Compare and Contrast
Epanalepsis
5. Writing categorized by type (science fiction - romance)
Complex Sentence
Genre
Hyperbation
Compare and Contrast
6. Perspective of a piece of writing: First - second third - etc.
Image
Assonance
Point of view
Alliteration
7. Unusual or inverted word order -- Judge me by my size do you ?
Hyperbation
The writing process
Complex Sentence
Pathos
8. Appeal of the text to the emotions or interests of the audience.
Pathos
Parable
Alliteration
Analogy
9. Two nouns that are adjacent to each other and reference the same thing -- My dog Toto
Litotes
Point of view
Trope
Apposition
10. Word choice which is viewed on the scales of formality and informality.
Five parts of the story
Allegory
Allusion
Diction
11. Repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two more more adjacent words -- 'Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies.'
Alliteration
Trope
Litotes
Assonance
12. An indirect expression of unpleasant information: 'Passed away' for dead.
Apostrophe
Anaphora
Euphemism
Epanalepsis
13. The direct address of an absent person or personified object as if they can reply -- Romeo O Romeo Wherefore art thou Romeo
Apostrophe
Euphemism
The writing process
Compound complex sentence
14. Extended metaphor:
Allegory
Pathos
Allusion
The writing process
15. A set of similarly structured words or clauses: The dog ran - stumbled - and fell.
Hyperbation
Compound complex sentence
Parallelism
Euphemism
16. A passage of text that evokes sensation: Waves crashing on the ocean looks like knives.
Epanalepsis
Image
Syllogism
Allusion
17. Repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses: We shall not go on - we shall fight in France - we shall fight with confidence!
Symbol
Irony
Anaphora
Example or Illustration
18. Short story that illustrates a moral or religious principle.
Assonance
Five parts of the story
Diction
Parable
19. The element that stands for more than itself -- Purple symbolizes royalty
Trope
Pathos
Symbol
Diction
20. Sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clause.
Pathos
Ellipsis
The writing process
Compound complex sentence
21. Writing that implies the contrary of What is actually written:
Syllogism
Irony
Epanalepsis
Allegory
22. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: A comparison used to explain something.
Analogy
Compound complex sentence
Five parts of the story
Anaphora
23. Implied meaning of a word
Trope
Connotation
Hyperbation
Classification
24. The repetition of consonant sounds of TWO or more adjacent words.
Diction
Alliteration
Apostrophe
Euphemism
25. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: Using specific examples to illustrate an idea.
Parable
Image
Complex Sentence
Example or Illustration
26. Exposition/Introduction - Rising Action - Climax - Falling Action - Dénouement - resolution - or catastrophe
Allegory
Example or Illustration
Five parts of the story
Epanalepsis
27. One independent clause and at least one dependent clause
Complex Sentence
Parable
Ellipsis
Example or Illustration
28. Pre-writing (think: brainstorm - list) - Draft (write) - Revise (improve) - Proof - Publish
Genre
The writing process
Apposition
Litotes
29. Order of words in a sentence
Analogy
Irony
Connotation
SYNTAX
30. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: Grouping material so it is easier to understand.
Classification
Parable
Trope
Complex Sentence
31. The omission of words -- but context is provided by the context of the passage
Irony
Ellipsis
Complex Sentence
Five parts of the story
32. A reference in a written or spoken text to some other piece of knowledge.
Epanalepsis
Allusion
Genre
Pathos
33. Logical meaning from inarguable premises - all mortals die - all humans are mortal - all humans die
SYNTAX
Apposition
Syllogism
Litotes
34. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: Noting similarities and differences between objects - people - characteristics - and actions.
Compare and Contrast
Connotation
Allusion
Five parts of the story