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