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Rhetorical Term Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The repetition of identical or similar syntactic elements (word, phrase, clause)

a)

Parallelism

b)

Diction

c)

Syntax

d)

Colloquialism

2.

A word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive phrase, clauses, or lines

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Ethos

c)

Anaphora

d)

Syntax

3.

It brings together two contradictory terms.

a)

Tropes

b)

Diction

c)

Pathos

d)

Oxymoron

4.

Argument based on emotion and feelings

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Antithesis

5.

Word Choice

a)

Diction

b)

Ethos

c)

Dictionary

d)

Syntax

6.

Sentence arrangement, word order or type of sentence—simple or complex

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Diction

c)

Syntax

d)

Logos

7.

Argument based on the logical reasoning.

a)

Anaphora

b)

Antithesis

c)

Ethos

d)

Logos

8.

A. Opposition in a sentence, or contrast of ideas in a parallel construction

a)

Antithesis

b)

Parallelism

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Pathos

9.

Figurative Language used to mean something other than their literal meaning

a)

Tropes

b)

Syntax

c)

Anaphora

d)

Ethos

10.

The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, or actions side by side in order to compare/contrast the two.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Antithesis

c)

Colloquialism

d)

Juxtaposition

11.

A term used in common everyday speech that is dependent upon geographical region.

a)

Anaphora

b)

Colloquialism

c)

Ethos

d)

Pathos

12.

Argument based on the creditability of the speaker.

a)

Logos

b)

Syntax

c)

Diction

d)

Ethos

13.

"Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor"

a)

Parallelism

b)

Anaphora

c)

Colloquialism

d)

Diction

14.

Civil-war; Jumbo-Shrimp

a)

Anaphora

b)

Diction

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Synonym

15.

"Give me liberty or give me death"

a)

Antithesis

b)

Allusion

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Parallelism

16.

Because I do not hope to turn again

Because I do not hope

Because I do not hope to turn.

a)

Diction

b)

Parallelism

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Anaphora