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WorksheetsRhetorical Terms Quiz #3 (diction, parallelism, and more)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
a set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses
a)
diction
b)
parallelism
c)
antithesis
d)
asyndeton
2.
an author's unusual word choice such as archaic language or especially evocative choices that contain powerful connotations.
a)
polysyndeton
b)
antthesis
c)
parallelism
d)
diction
3.
the placing of opposing or contrasting ideas and/or words within the same sentence or very close together to emphasize their disparity.
a)
antithesis
b)
asyndeton
c)
diction
d)
polysyndeton
4.
conjunctions are omitted, producing fast-paced and rapid prose to speed up the reader so as to have the reader experience the events along with the persona in a rapid succession
a)
polysyndeton
b)
asyndeton
c)
parallelism
d)
diction
5.
the use of many conjunctions; it slows the pace of the reader but the effect is to possibly overwhelm the reader with details thus connecting the reader and the persona to the same experience.
a)
asyndeton
b)
polysyndeton
c)
antithesis
d)
diction
6.
"He walked to the store; he walked to the library; he walked to the apartment"
a)
parallelism
b)
antithesis
c)
diction
d)
polysyndeton
7.
"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times"
a)
asyndeton
b)
polysysndeton
c)
antithesis
d)
diction
8.
"I woke up, got out of bed, pulled on my clothes, rushed out the door"
a)
diction
b)
asyndeton
c)
polysyndeton
d)
antithesis
9.
"My mother cooked roasted turkey and cornbread stuffing and sweet potatoes and peas and apple pie."
a)
antithesis
b)
diction
c)
polysyndeton
d)
asyndeton
10.
Which word has to do with our personal connections with words, and can be discussed in terms of positive, negative, or neutral?
a)
jargon
b)
denotation
c)
vernacular
d)
connotation
11.
Denotation is a word's ____________.
a)
Literal, dictionary definition
b)
Emotional meaning
c)
synonym
d)
antonym
12.
In war the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.
a)
Diction
b)
Parallelism
c)
Asyndeton
d)
Antithesis
13.
The following is an example of what term: The man went to the store and bought apples and bananas and legos and bread and chapstick.
a)
Connotation
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Asyndeton
d)
Polysyndeton
14.
Clauses that may begin each phrase of a piece the same(ex: Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts)
a)
Antithesis
b)
Parallelism
c)
Asyndeton
d)
Diction
Rhetorical question
Rhetorical question
15.
"I am a student, a leader, an athlete, a friend." This sentence includes a:
a)
Polysyndeton
b)
Aysndeton
c)
diction
d)
antithesis
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