WorksheetsA.P. Language Rhetorical Quiz #2
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the word for the dictionary definition of a word?
Denotation
Didactic
Diacope
Diction
What is the word for the repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase?
Diacope
Denotation
Didactic
Hyperbole
What is the word for the writer’s word choices?
Ellipsis
Didactic
Diction
Hyperbole
What is the word for the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions?
Extended Metaphor
Figure of Speech
Figurative Language
Imagery
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 _________?
Euphemism
Exposition
Expletive
Eumeration
What is the word for the major category into which a literary work fits?
Homily
Generic Conventions
Genre
Hypophora
What is the word for: works with the primary aim of teaching or instruction?
Didactic
Denotation
Diacope
Diction
What is the word for the less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept?
Enumeration
Exposition
Euphemism
Expletive
What is the word for a device used to produce figurative language, often comparing dissimilar things?
Figure of Speech
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Hypophora
What is the word for a work in which the purpose is to explain, or give introductory material?
Ellipsis
Enumeration
Exposition
Exposition
What is the term for a __________developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout the work.
Extended Metaphor
Exposition
Euphemism
Homily
What is the word for the deliberate omission of a word done for effect?
Expletive
Enumeration
Ellipsis
Euphemism
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?
Hyperbole
Figurative Language
Extended Metaphor
Figure of Speech
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?
Hypophora
Ellipsis
Euphemism
Enumeration
What is the word for the conventions and tradition for each genre?
Genre
Generic Conventions
Conventions
Hyperbole
What is the word for the serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice?
Homily
Hyperbole
Hypophora
Imagery
What is the word for deliberate exaggeration or overstatement?
Homily
Hypophora
Diacope
Hyperbole
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?
Homily
Hyperbole
Ellipsis
Hypophora
