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