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