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WorksheetsRhetorical Analysis Terms
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
metonymy
a)
Synonymous to autonomous.
b)
Having to do with metacognition. An awareness or understanding of one's own thought processes.
c)
Replacing the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. EX: The pen is mightier than the sword. (Pen refers to written words and sword to military force.)
d)
When an writer moves beyond the denotative meaning of a word.
2.
Words or phrases that limit the scope of a claim (e.g., usually in a few cases, under these circumstances)
a)
Qualifiers
b)
Purpose
c)
Analysis
d)
Claim
3.
Persuasion through appeals to the audience's emotions.
a)
Logos
b)
Pathos
c)
Immediate Audience
d)
Inductive Reasoning
4.
In formal logic, a structure of deductive logic in which correctly formed major and minor premises lead to a necessary conclusion.
a)
Purpose
b)
Logos
c)
Tone
d)
Syllogism
5.
Persuasion by means of logic or reasoning.
a)
Allusion
b)
Logos
c)
Arrangement
d)
Pathos
6.
A statement that asserts a belief or truth.
a)
Claim
b)
Purpose
c)
Metaphor
d)
Tone
7.
Persuasion through convincing the audience of one's moral character.
a)
Arrangement
b)
Ethos
c)
Tone
d)
Syllogism
8.
A comparison between two objects without using the words like or as.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Claim
c)
Simile
d)
Analysis
9.
A comparison between two items in using the words like or as.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Logos
c)
Simile
d)
Form
10.
What the speaker wants the audience to feel while listening; what he/she wants the audience to do after listening.
a)
Purpose
b)
Form
c)
Tone
d)
Analysis
11.
Identifying the features of a text AND explaining how the author uses these to develop the meaning or to achieve a particular effect.
a)
Purpose
b)
Analysis
c)
Exigence
d)
Syllogism
12.
The writer's attitude toward his/her subject.
a)
Form
b)
Tone
c)
Ethos
d)
Claim
13.
Repetition of initial consonant letters (or sounds) in two or more different words across successive sentences, clauses, or phrases [ example: "Somewhere at this very moment a child is being born in America. Let it be our cause to give that child a happy home, a healthy family, and a hopeful future."
a)
Polysyndeton
b)
Alliteration
c)
Anaphora
d)
Non sequitur
14.
Repetition of the same group of words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs [example: "We are a people in quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community."
a)
Polysyndeton
b)
Ad hominem
c)
Anaphora
d)
Hyperbole
15.
Short and amusing or interesting account depicting a real incident or person used to support a speaker's argument.
a)
Anecdote
b)
Parallelism
c)
Paradox
d)
Concession
16.
Logical fallacy in which a writer attacks an opponent's character.
a)
Diction
b)
Ad hominem
c)
Personficiation
d)
Antithesis
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