Revolutionary Vocabulary Quiz

literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable; used in prose and poetry

• anaphora

• repetition

• rhetoric

• persuasion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Juxtaposition of strongly contrasting words or images, or ideas.

• antithesis

• restatement

• rhetorical device

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction: repeating grammatical structure.

• restatement

• rhetorical device

• parallelism

• address

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A speech focusing on an issue relating to government.

• address

• political speech

• anaphora

• sermon

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques

• parallelism

• anaphora

• persuasion

• rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

skill or eloquence in public speaking

• persuasion

• rhetoric

• oratory

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

• repetition

• personification

• parallelism

• rhetorical device

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A nonfiction work that is delivered orally to an audience.

• speech

• restatement

• anaphora

• address

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A speech intended to provide religious instruction

• political speech

• address

• sermon

• restatement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

sudden forceful expression or cry (!)

• anaphora

• oratory

• rhetoric

• exclamation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D