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