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A.P. Language Rhetorical Quiz #2

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the word for the dictionary definition of a word?

a)

Denotation

b)

Didactic

c)

Diacope

d)

Diction

2.

What is the word for the repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase?

a)

Diacope

b)

Denotation

c)

Didactic

d)

Hyperbole

3.

What is the word for the writer’s word choices?

a)

Ellipsis

b)

Didactic

c)

Diction

d)

Hyperbole

4.

What is the word for the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions?

a)

Extended Metaphor

b)

Figure of Speech

c)

Figurative Language

d)

Imagery

5.

What is the word for the figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal speech, is used to lend emphasis to the words on either side of the _________?

a)

Euphemism

b)

Exposition

c)

Expletive

d)

Eumeration

6.

What is the word for the major category into which a literary work fits?

a)

Homily

b)

Generic Conventions

c)

Genre

d)

Hypophora

7.

What is the word for: works with the primary aim of teaching or instruction?

a)

Didactic

b)

Denotation

c)

Diacope

d)

Diction

8.

What is the word for the less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept?

a)

Enumeration

b)

Exposition

c)

Euphemism

d)

Expletive

9.

What is the word for a device used to produce figurative language, often comparing dissimilar things?

a)

Figure of Speech

b)

Figurative Language

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Hypophora

10.

What is the word for a work in which the purpose is to explain, or give introductory material?

a)

Ellipsis

b)

Enumeration

c)

Exposition

d)

Exposition

11.

What is the term for a __________developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout the work.

a)

Extended Metaphor

b)

Exposition

c)

Euphemism

d)

Homily

12.

What is the word for the deliberate omission of a word done for effect?

a)

Expletive

b)

Enumeration

c)

Ellipsis

d)

Euphemism

13.

What is the word for the writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Figurative Language

c)

Extended Metaphor

d)

Figure of Speech

14.

What is the word for the figure of amplification in which a subject is divided into constituent parts or details & may include a listing of clauses?

a)

Hypophora

b)

Ellipsis

c)

Euphemism

d)

Enumeration

15.

What is the word for the conventions and tradition for each genre?

a)

Genre

b)

Generic Conventions

c)

Conventions

d)

Hyperbole

16.

What is the word for the serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice?

a)

Homily

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Hypophora

d)

Imagery

17.

What is the word for deliberate exaggeration or overstatement?

a)

Homily

b)

Hypophora

c)

Diacope

d)

Hyperbole

18.

What is the word for the figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered, often at length, by the same speaker?

a)

Homily

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Ellipsis

d)

Hypophora