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Worksheets10/6 Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does belie mean?
contradict; give a false impression
the art of persuasion
frail and thin
What does abjure mean?
moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
trickery; deception
to renounce, repudiate under oath; to avoid, shun
abstemious
moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
to grab quickly
Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
What does rhetoric mean?
to grab quickly
the art of persuasion
A renter of a room in another person's house
What does chicanery mean?
refrigerator
trickery; deception
Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
What does bellicose mean?
to hold tightly
moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
What does snatch mean?
to grab quickly
purse
to hold tightly
What does pocket book mean?
A renter of a room in another person's house
purse
refrigerator
What does grip mean?
the art of persuasion
to hold tightly
trickery; deception
What does willow-wild mean?
to hold tightly
moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
frail and thin
What does roomer mean?
A renter of a room in another person's house
trickery; deception
frail and thin
What does simile mean?
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
comparing two things using like or as
A comparison without using like or as
What does metaphor mean?
A comparison without using like or as
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
comparing two things using like or as
What does Ethos mean?
Ethical appeal
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to logic
What does Pathos mean?
Ethical appeal
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to logic
What does Logos mean?
Ethical appeal
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to logic
What does Personification mean?
The use of words or sounds which resemble the sounds they describe. (ex boom, psst)
comparing two things using like or as
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
What does Onomonopia mean?
The use of words or sounds which resemble the sounds they describe. (ex boom, psst)
Central idea of a work of literature
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
What does Oxymoron mean?
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
the art of using language effectively and persuasively
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
What does Satire mean?
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Appeal to emotion
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
