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