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