WorksheetsRhetorical Terms Quiz Review One
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. For example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. The meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence. Ex. “Animal Farm” George Orwell
a)
anecdote
b)
allegory
c)
synecdoche
d)
short story
2.
The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words (as in “she sells sea shells). Although the term is not used frequently in the multiple-choice section, you can look for this in any essay passage. It can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, supply a musical sound, and/or echo the sense of the passage.
a)
litotes
b)
hyperbole
c)
assonance
d)
alliteration
3.
A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. They can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers .Ex. “Plan ahead: it wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark” - Richard Cushing
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
allegory
c)
metaphor
d)
allusion
4.
The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase,sentence, or passage.
a)
ambiguity
b)
nonsense
c)
denotation
d)
thesaurus
5.
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. It can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar.
They can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging.
Ex. He that voluntarily continues ignorance is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces, as to him that should extinguish the tapers of a lighthouse might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwrecks.” -Samuel Johnson
They can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging.
Ex. He that voluntarily continues ignorance is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces, as to him that should extinguish the tapers of a lighthouse might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwrecks.” -Samuel Johnson
a)
allusion
b)
anecdote
c)
juxtaposition
d)
analogy
6.
One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.
Ex. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.”
“They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule, without angry words, without clothes or money.” – Richard de Bury
Ex. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.”
“They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule, without angry words, without clothes or money.” – Richard de Bury
a)
anaphora
b)
apostrophe
c)
chiasmas
d)
alliteration
7.
A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person.
a)
introduction
b)
metaphor
c)
anecdote
d)
climax
8.
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. The AP Language exam occasionally asks for the one associated with a given pronoun in a long, complex sentence or in a group of sentences.
a)
adjective
b)
participial phrase
c)
introductory phrase or clause
d)
antecedent
9.
Figure of balance in which two ideas contrast, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences. It creates a definite and systematic relationship between ideas.
Ex. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose” – Jim Elliot
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” - Neil Armstrong
Ex. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose” – Jim Elliot
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” - Neil Armstrong
a)
parallel structure
b)
antithesis
c)
chiasmas
d)
balanced sentence
10.
A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. (If the authorship is unknown, the statement is generally considered to be a folk proverb.) It can be a memorable summation of the author’s point.
a)
aphorism
b)
tall tale
c)
moral fable
d)
syllogism
11.
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction,such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect is to give vent to or display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back:
Ex. William Wordsworth addresses John Milton as he writes, “ Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour: /England hath need of thee.”
ex:“O value of wisdom that fadeth not away with time, virtue ever flourishing that cleanseth its possessor from al venom! O heavenly gift of the divine bounty, descending from the Father of lights, that thou mayest exalt the rational soul to the very heavens! Thou art the celestial nourishment of the intellect…” - Richard de Bury
Ex. William Wordsworth addresses John Milton as he writes, “ Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour: /England hath need of thee.”
ex:“O value of wisdom that fadeth not away with time, virtue ever flourishing that cleanseth its possessor from al venom! O heavenly gift of the divine bounty, descending from the Father of lights, that thou mayest exalt the rational soul to the very heavens! Thou art the celestial nourishment of the intellect…” - Richard de Bury
a)
dialogue
b)
direct address
c)
counter argument
d)
apostrophe
12.
Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. This can give the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity, of an extemporaneous rather than a labored account. They can be more emphatic than if a final conjunction were used.
Ex. On his return he received medals, honors, treasures, titles, fame.They spent the day wondering, searching, thinking, understanding.
Ex. On his return he received medals, honors, treasures, titles, fame.They spent the day wondering, searching, thinking, understanding.
a)
polysynedeton
b)
asyndeton
c)
anaphora
d)
ellipsis
13.
The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author’s choice of objects that are described. Even such elements as description of the weather can contribute to the this. Frequently it foreshadows events. Perhaps it can create a mood.
a)
setting
b)
atmosphere
c)
mood
d)
voice
14.
A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words.
Ex. “The land was ours before we were the land’s” - Robert Frost (N, V, Pro: Pro, V, N)
“Pleasure’s a sin, and sometimes sin’s a pleasure” – Lord Byron
Sitting together at lunch, the kids talked incessantly; but they said nothing at all sitting in the dentist’s office.
Ex. “The land was ours before we were the land’s” - Robert Frost (N, V, Pro: Pro, V, N)
“Pleasure’s a sin, and sometimes sin’s a pleasure” – Lord Byron
Sitting together at lunch, the kids talked incessantly; but they said nothing at all sitting in the dentist’s office.
a)
chiasmus
b)
juxtaposition
c)
paradox
d)
anaphora
15.
A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. Independent, or main, it expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. If it's dependent, or subordinate, it cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent. The point that you want to consider is the question of what or why the author subordinates one element to the other.
a)
predicate
b)
parallel structure
c)
clause
d)
phrase
16.
The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing, they give a work a conversational, familiar tone. These expressions in writing include local or regional dialects.
a)
Colloquial/colloquialism
b)
metaphors
c)
dialect
d)
diction
17.
A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. Words, phrases, clauses within the sentence; and sentences,paragraphs, and chapters in larger pieces of writing are the unit that by their progressive and logical arrangement, make for this.
a)
narrative
b)
outlining
c)
coherence
d)
balancing
18.
A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. It displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made.
a)
juxtapostion
b)
anecdote
c)
allegory
d)
conceit
19.
The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. These may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes.
a)
denotation
b)
malopropism
c)
connotation
d)
imagery
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