WorksheetsAP Lang Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
The following sentences are examples of what rhetorical device?
"Get your butt over here!"
"Cleveland won by six runs."
"Get your butt over here!"
"Cleveland won by six runs."
a)
comparison & contrast
b)
synechdoche
c)
repetition
d)
hyperbole
2.
Example: He's certainly not short.
When describing a man who is 6'8''.
When describing a man who is 6'8''.
a)
understatement
b)
hyperbole
c)
lying
d)
synechdoche
3.
Harsh cutting language or tone intended to ridicule something or someone
a)
hyperbole
b)
invective
c)
sarcasm
d)
Anecdote
4.
A short story told to illustrate a point.
a)
Anecdote
b)
Rhetorical analysis
c)
Exigence
d)
Rhetorical devices
5.
The manner in which words are arranged in a sentence.
a)
syntax
b)
Diction
c)
antecedent
d)
connotation
6.
A noun or noun phrase that immediately follows another noun to further define its meaning
a)
Anecdote
b)
Antecedent
c)
adverb
d)
appositive
7.
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
a)
Euphemism
b)
Colloquialism
c)
Figure of Speech
d)
Invective
8.
An expression that has been overused to the extent that it's freshness has worn off
a)
Didactic
b)
Cliche
c)
Jargon
d)
implication
9.
What is invective?
a)
An uncomplimentary story or narrated attack
b)
intense, highly emotional verbal attack
c)
An offensive joke
d)
The theme of a piece
10.
An apparently contradictory statement the actually contains some truth
a)
paradox
b)
paraphrase
c)
pathos
d)
exigence
11.
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
a)
Euphemism
b)
Colloquialism
c)
Invective
d)
Peroration
12.
The term used to describe the motivation a writer or speaker has to create rhetoric
a)
Peroration
b)
Exigency
c)
Purpose
d)
Moral
13.
"To ere is human; to forgive, divine.
a)
Antithesis
b)
Paradox
c)
Cacaphony
d)
Allegory
14.
"We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change." (Kennedy's Inaugural Address)
a)
Periodic Sentence
b)
Cumulative/Loose Sentence
c)
Paradox
d)
Symbol
15.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..." (A Tale of Two Cities)
a)
Irony
b)
Juxtaposition
c)
Epistrophe
d)
Enumeration
16.
"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius." (Emerson, Self-Reliance)
a)
Periodic Sentence
b)
Polysyndeton
c)
Portmanteau
d)
Synesthesia
17.
"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island..." (Winston Churchill)
a)
Epistrophe
b)
Enumeration
c)
Anaphora
d)
Periodic Sentence
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