Rhetorical Term Quiz

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

• Parallelism

• Diction

• Syntax

• Colloquialism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• Juxtaposition

• Ethos

• Anaphora

• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

It brings together two contradictory terms.

• Tropes

• Diction

• Pathos

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Argument based on emotion and feelings

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Juxtaposition

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Word Choice

• Diction

• Ethos

• Dictionary

• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Juxtaposition

• Diction

• Syntax

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Argument based on the logical reasoning.

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

• Ethos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

• Oxymoron

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Figurative Language used to mean something other than their literal meaning

• Tropes

• Syntax

• Anaphora

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• Oxymoron

• Antithesis

• Colloquialism

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5