Week #2 Literary/Rhetorical Vocab. Quiz

Cliche

• An expression that has been so overused that it loses its original impact.
• An expression that has been underused and lacks originality.
• An expression that invites ridicule due to its use of dramatic irony.
• An expression that has been popularized by American realtiy TV.

Rhetoric

• The art of speaking and writing through pessimism.
• The art of percussive writing through euphony and cacaphony.
• The art of persusion through speaking and writing.
• The art of questioning.

Pastiche

• an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.
• an artistic work that stays true to the artist/author.
• an artisitic work that imitates the style of Gothic minimalism.
• a type of nut, green in color, often available in a shell.

Tragedy

• A drama often ending in disaster focusing on a character that undergoes unexpected personal reversals.
• Not having enough candy on Halloween.

• A drama ending in disaster focusing on a tragicomic character who remains static.

• A drama often ending in disaster focusing on characters with tragic flaws culminating in a reversal of fortune.

How is an implied metaphor different than a direct metaphor

• a comparison between two things not using like or as.
• a metaphor that doesn't explicitly state the comparison.
• a comparison between two things using like or as.
• using a part of your brain called meta, four times.

Which of these is an extended metaphor?

• All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts...

• She is a rock.

• The snow is a white blanket.
• Life is a highway.

Allusion

• An indirect reference, often to a person, event, statement, theme or work.
• An indirect reference to a purpose, stanchion, theme, or work.
• A direct reference to a porpoise, theme park, or work of art.
• An indirect reference to a person who doesn't work.

Imagery

• visual descriptions used by authors involving all five sense.

• visual descriptions created by authors using only two of the five senses.
• a play structure for toddlers and small children involving 3D units.
• author's creating images using only hyperbole.

Discourse

• An intellectual inquiry into Halloween.
• An intellectual strand in a particular piece of writing that promotes a tragic effect.
• An intellecttual inquiry into a strand of critical theory and rhetorical questions.
• An intellectual inquiry in a particular area within a narrative.

Archetype

• The original model from which something is used to create poetic verse.
• The original model from which something is developed or made.
• The original model from which something is tragically flawed.
• The original model for Halloween :)