WorksheetsLiterary Terms Test #4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound
a)
sound devices
b)
rhyme
c)
rhythm
d)
style
2.
The practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same consonant sound
a)
Assonance
b)
Alliteration
c)
Consonance
d)
Repetition
3.
The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
a)
Assonance
b)
Alliteration
c)
Consonance
d)
Repetition
4.
The repetition of a consonant sound within or at the end of a series of words to produce a harmonious effect.
a)
Assonance
b)
Alliteration
c)
Consonance
d)
Repetition
5.
The measured, patterned arrangement of syllables according to stress and length in a poem.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Rhythm
c)
Meter
d)
Syllable
6.
The use of words that mimic the sounds they describe.
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Rhyme
d)
Onomatopoeia
7.
The repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Rhythm
c)
Meter
d)
Onomatopoeia
8.
The varying speed, intensity, elevation, pitch, loudness, and expressiveness of speech, especially poetry.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Rhythm
c)
Meter
d)
Onomatopoeia
9.
A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing.
a)
Antithesis
b)
Argumentation
c)
Alliteration
d)
Allusion
10.
A contrast or opposition.
a)
Conflict
b)
Contrast
c)
Antithesis
d)
Allusion
11.
Functions by convincing or persuading an audience, or by proving or refuting a point of view or an issue.
a)
Antithesis
b)
Argumentation
c)
Induction
d)
Deduction
12.
Moving from observations about particular things to generalizations.
a)
Argumentation
b)
Induction
c)
Deduction
d)
Classification
13.
Moving from generalizations to valid references about particulars.
a)
Argumentation
b)
Induction
c)
Deduction
d)
Classifiication
14.
Emotional appeal
a)
Ethos
b)
Logos
c)
Pathos
15.
Ethical appeal
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
16.
Logical appeal
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
17.
Consists of arguing from the presence (or absence) of the cause to the existence (or nonexistence) of the effect, or result.
a)
Cause/ Effect
b)
Argumentation
c)
Classifciation
d)
Comparison
18.
A traditional rhetorical strategy based on the assumption that a subject may be shown more clearly by pointing out ways it is similiar to something else.
a)
Cause/ Effect
b)
Argumentation
c)
Contrast
d)
Comparison
19.
A traditional rhetorical strategy based on the assumption that a subject may be shown more clearly by pointing out ways in which it is unlike another subject.
a)
Cause/ Effect
b)
Argumentation
c)
Contrast
d)
Comparison
20.
One of the traditional ways of thinking about a subject, identifies the subject as part of a larger group with shared features.
a)
Classification
b)
Argumentation
c)
Compare
d)
Contrast
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