Rhetorical Term Quiz

The repetition of identical or similar syntactic elements (word, phrase, clause)

• Parallelism

• Diction

• Syntax

• Colloquialism

A word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive phrase, clauses, or lines

• Juxtaposition

• Ethos

• Anaphora

• Syntax

It brings together two contradictory terms.

• Tropes

• Diction

• Pathos

• Oxymoron

Argument based on emotion and feelings

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Juxtaposition

• Antithesis

Word Choice

• Diction

• Ethos

• Dictionary

• Syntax

Sentence arrangement, word order or type of sentence—simple or complex

• Juxtaposition

• Diction

• Syntax

• Logos

Argument based on the logical reasoning.

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

• Ethos

• Logos

A. Opposition in a sentence, or contrast of ideas in a parallel construction

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

• Oxymoron

• Pathos

Figurative Language used to mean something other than their literal meaning

• Tropes

• Syntax

• Anaphora

• Ethos

The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, or actions side by side in order to compare/contrast the two.

• Oxymoron

• Antithesis

• Colloquialism

• Juxtaposition