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WorksheetsRhetorical and Tone Vocabulary Part 3
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which example below is epistrophe?
a)
A big bully beats a baby boy.
b)
When everybody talks during the lesson,
The rebel does’ n say a word.
When nobody talks during the lesson
The rebel does’ n say a word.
The rebel does’ n say a word.
When nobody talks during the lesson
The rebel does’ n say a word.
c)
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
d)
“Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better”
2.
A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something
a)
Pedantic
b)
Didactic
c)
Diatribe
d)
Exhorative
3.
Which example below is an anaphora?
a)
I saw the boy, I saw the girl, then I saw a brown dog.
b)
"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.”
c)
The man, wearing a blue suit, walked into the meeting.
d)
“O Death, where is thy sting?”
4.
Which example below is both asyndeton and parallelism
a)
I saw the bird and I saw the cat and I saw the dog.
b)
I saw the bird, I saw the cat, I saw the dog.
c)
I saw a bird sing a song, then I saw the cat meowing, and on the corner there was a dog barking.
d)
A bird was singing, a cat meowed, the dog slobbered.
5.
When a writing describes something by grouping it this is known as:
a)
Definition
b)
Classification
c)
Description
d)
Process Analysis
6.
"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."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance," 1841)
This quote is an example of
(Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance," 1841)
This quote is an example of
a)
a cumulative sentence
b)
a periodic sentence
c)
a run on sentence
d)
a aporia sentence
7.
To be abrupt or curt is to be
a)
terse
b)
loquacious
c)
allusive
d)
garrulous
8.
I am overjoyed and incredibly impressed with how your medical evidence was organized and presented."
The above is an example of being
The above is an example of being
a)
reticent
b)
taciturn
c)
dispassionate
d)
effusive
9.
“I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.”
This is an example of
This is an example of
a)
Illusion
b)
Allusion
c)
Apostrophe
d)
Colloquialism
10.
"Much will be said about my father the man, the storyteller, the lover of costume parties, a practical joker, the accomplished painter."
This is an example of
This is an example of
a)
enumeration
b)
polysyndeton
c)
epistrophe
d)
narration
11.
Exemplify means
a)
obscure
b)
bellicose
c)
illustrate
d)
cloying
12.
To teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive,
particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way. Preachy.
Is the definition of:
particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way. Preachy.
Is the definition of:
a)
unedifying
b)
didactic
c)
abecedarian
d)
judicious
13.
“How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?”
This is an example of a ____________ argument.
This is an example of a ____________ argument.
a)
Appeal to ignorance
b)
syllogistic
c)
Ad hominem
d)
inductive
14.
All birds have feathers, penguins are birds, therefore penguins have feathers.
This is an example of a(n)
This is an example of a(n)
a)
syllogism
b)
logical fallacy
c)
Inductive argument
d)
infinitve
15.
“Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand?
Come, let me clutch thee!
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”
This is an example of
The handle toward my hand?
Come, let me clutch thee!
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”
This is an example of
a)
Allusion
b)
illusion
c)
Apostrophe
d)
Anaphora
16.
“Families are the people for whom it matters if you have a cold, are feuding with your mate or training a new puppy. Family members use magnets to fasten newspaper clippings about your bowling team on the refrigerator door. They save your drawings and homemade pottery. …They’re the people who will come visit you in the hospital, will talk to you when you call with ‘a dark night of the soul’ and will loan you money to pay the rent if you lose your job. Whether or not, they are biologically related to each other, the people who do these things are family.”
by Mary Pipher
This is an example of
by Mary Pipher
This is an example of
a)
Process analysis
b)
Definition
c)
Description
d)
Classification
17.
“As I passed through the gates I heard a squeaky voice. A diminutive middle-aged man came out from behind the trees — the caretaker. He worked a toothbrush-sized stick around in his mouth, digging into the crevices between algae’d stubs of teeth. He was barefoot; he wore a blue batik shirt known as a buba, baggy purple trousers, and an embroidered skullcap. I asked him if he would show me around the shrine. Motioning me to follow, he spat out the results of his stick work and set off down the trail.”
(From “The Sacred Grove of Oshogbo” by Jeffrey Tayler)
(From “The Sacred Grove of Oshogbo” by Jeffrey Tayler)
a)
Narrative
b)
Definition
c)
Description
d)
Classification
18.
"Many are called, but few are chosen."
This is an example of
This is an example of
a)
epistrophe
b)
allusion
c)
antithesis
d)
anaphora
19.
“Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.”
This is an example of
This is an example of
a)
antithesis
b)
inversion
c)
allusion
d)
illusion
20.
Proselytize means
a)
deny the truth or validity of
b)
to argue about something
c)
convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another
d)
prove (a person or an assertion) to be wrong
21.
Whimsical means
a)
puzzled, confused
b)
happy
c)
mischievous, playful in an amusing way
d)
frequently changing
22.
"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 increduility, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,..."
Charles Dickens
This quote creates a _________ tone.
Charles Dickens
This quote creates a _________ tone.
a)
bemused
b)
ambivalent
c)
pedantic
d)
didactic
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