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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. The element that stands for more than itself -- Purple symbolizes royalty
Hyperbation
Example or Illustration
SYNTAX
Symbol
2. An indirect expression of unpleasant information: 'Passed away' for dead.
Trope
Apostrophe
Euphemism
Analogy
3. Writing categorized by type (science fiction - romance)
Genre
Epanalepsis
Apology
The writing process
4. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: Grouping material so it is easier to understand.
Classification
Allegory
Image
Apostrophe
5. Pre-writing (think: brainstorm - list) - Draft (write) - Revise (improve) - Proof - Publish
Ellipsis
The writing process
Apposition
Connotation
6. One independent clause and at least one dependent clause
Complex Sentence
Example or Illustration
Classification
Compare and Contrast
7. Unusual or inverted word order -- Judge me by my size do you ?
SYNTAX
Diction
Allegory
Hyperbation
8. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: A comparison used to explain something.
Apostrophe
Parallelism
Trope
Analogy
9. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: Using specific examples to illustrate an idea.
Parallelism
Example or Illustration
Alliteration
Assonance
10. Two nouns that are adjacent to each other and reference the same thing -- My dog Toto
Genre
Euphemism
Trope
Apposition
11. Implied meaning of a word
Euphemism
Connotation
Compare and Contrast
Apology
12. A set of similarly structured words or clauses: The dog ran - stumbled - and fell.
Alliteration
Parallelism
Irony
Analogy
13. A reference in a written or spoken text to some other piece of knowledge.
SYNTAX
Allusion
Connotation
Ellipsis
14. Logical meaning from inarguable premises - all mortals die - all humans are mortal - all humans die
The writing process
SYNTAX
Syllogism
Symbol
15. 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!
Complex Sentence
Trope
Anaphora
Example or Illustration
16. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: Noting similarities and differences between objects - people - characteristics - and actions.
Genre
Example or Illustration
Compare and Contrast
Image
17. The repetition of consonant sounds of TWO or more adjacent words.
Alliteration
Apostrophe
Ellipsis
Genre
18. Repetition at the end of a clause: 'Blood hath brought blood.'
Five parts of the story
Connotation
Epanalepsis
Litotes
19. The direct address of an absent person or personified object as if they can reply -- Romeo O Romeo Wherefore art thou Romeo
Apposition
Litotes
Apology
Apostrophe
20. The omission of words -- but context is provided by the context of the passage
Trope
Assonance
Apology
Ellipsis
21. An artful variation from expected modes of expression -- Pun for example
Hyperbation
Trope
Compare and Contrast
Apostrophe
22. Extended metaphor:
Euphemism
Classification
Allegory
Apposition
23. Appeal of the text to the emotions or interests of the audience.
Point of view
Litotes
Hyperbation
Pathos
24. Perspective of a piece of writing: First - second third - etc.
Parallelism
Syllogism
Point of view
Anaphora
25. An understatement - This is quite a nice city -- instead of it's a fabulous city
Symbol
Litotes
The writing process
Genre
26. Sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clause.
Pathos
Euphemism
Compound complex sentence
Diction
27. Writing that implies the contrary of What is actually written:
Irony
Image
Ellipsis
Apology
28. Short story that illustrates a moral or religious principle.
Compare and Contrast
Parable
The writing process
Apology
29. Repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two more more adjacent words -- 'Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies.'
Connotation
Litotes
Assonance
Anaphora
30. Exposition/Introduction - Rising Action - Climax - Falling Action - Dénouement - resolution - or catastrophe
Five parts of the story
SYNTAX
Symbol
Irony
31. An elaborate statement justifying a controversial position -- 'We hold these truths to be self evident ...'
Apostrophe
Example or Illustration
Classification
Apology
32. Word choice which is viewed on the scales of formality and informality.
Litotes
Parable
Pathos
Diction
33. Order of words in a sentence
Syllogism
Assonance
SYNTAX
Connotation
34. A passage of text that evokes sensation: Waves crashing on the ocean looks like knives.
Syllogism
Image
Alliteration
Hyperbation