Rhetorical Terms Quiz - Set 2

What is the definition of denotation?

• The repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase

• The writer's word choices

• The literal, dictionary definition of a word

• A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

You are writing a novel and want to create emphasis on a particular phrase. You decide to use a literary technique where you repeat a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase. What is this technique called?

• Denotation

• Diacope

• Diction

• Didactic

You are reading a novel and you notice that the author uses very specific and unique words to describe the characters and settings. What term refers to this aspect of the author's writing style?

• Denotation

• Diacope

• Diction

• Didactic

What is the primary aim of didactic works?

• To teach or instruct

• To divide a subject into constituent parts or details

• To emphasize certain words or phrases

• To provide a more agreeable substitute for an unpleasant word or concept

You are participating in a quiz competition. The quiz master asks, 'Can you tell me what enumeratio is?'

• The repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase

• The writer's word choices

• The division of a subject into constituent parts or details

• The listing or detailing of the parts of something

You are writing a script for a play. In one of the scenes, you want to interrupt the normal speech of a character to lend emphasis to the surrounding words. Which term would you use to describe this technique?

• Expletive

• Euphemism

• Exposition

• Extended metaphor

What is a euphemism?

• A figure of emphasis that interrupts normal speech

• The literal, dictionary definition of a word

• A more agreeable substitute for an unpleasant word or concept

• A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

Imagine you are writing an essay about a complex topic. What would be the purpose of the exposition section in your essay?

• To explain something

• To divide a subject into constituent parts or details

• To emphasize certain words or phrases

• To provide a more agreeable substitute for an unpleasant word or concept

What is an extended metaphor?

• The literal, dictionary definition of a word

• Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning

• A metaphor developed at great length throughout a work

• A device used to produce figurative language

What is figurative language?

• The repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase

• The writer's word choices

• Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning

• A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement