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Q2 Test Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature.

a)

anaphora

b)

foreshadowing

c)

analogy

d)

allusion

2.

_______________ means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer.

a)

anaphora

b)

epistrophe

c)

rhetorical question

d)

parallelism

3.

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote: "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love?"

a)

parallelism

b)

rhetorical question

c)

anthimeria

d)

antithesis

4.

The appeal of Ethos might use _________ to try to persuade a person

a)

numbers

b)

famous people

c)

emotional words

5.

______ may be used in logos to appeal to our logic

a)

Reasons

b)

Numbers

c)

Reasons and numbers

6.

Kobe Bryant is pictured next to Vitamin Water. The caption says, "3 championships and counting.. 1,845 bottles of vitamin water and chugging.. 1 MVP award and long overdue. Try Vitamin Water, it works for Kobe."

a)

ethos only

b)

ethos and logos

c)

logos only

d)

pathos and ethos

7.

Use L'oreal Paris eye shadow and make your lids as colorful as the rainbow sent after the flood. Be as beautiful as God's promise to Noah.

a)

allusion

b)

simile and allusion

c)

parallel structure

d)

ethois

8.

30 years later and teenagers are still addicted, but now to vaping and texting. 30 years later and parents are even less involved in teens' lives than they were. 30 years later and God has been taken out of the picture and replaced with materialism...

WHAT DEVICE and WHAT TONE?

a)

hopeful tone through ethos

b)

frustrated tone through anaphora

c)

annoyed tone through bias

d)

humorous tone through jokes

9.

The NEW Subway wrap is the single greatest thing in the world! Get one today!

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

10.

And we've come here from every crack, crease, and crevice of our country to our Capital to say that, for all those whose cares have been our concern, we're ready.

a)

parallelism

b)

repetition

c)

antithesis

d)

alliteration

11.
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using like or as is which of the following rhetorical devices? 
a)
A. Understatement 
b)
B. D. Simile 
c)
C. Oxymoron
12.
*Great Depression
*Jumbo shrimp
*Cruel to be Kind
 *Pain for pleasure
*Clearly confused
*Act naturally
*Painfully beautiful

a)
A. anecdote
b)
B. Paradox
c)
C. Oxymoron
13.
“As a dental hygienist, I’ve seen what infection can do. That’s why I strongly recommend flossing daily.”
a)
ethos
b)
logos
c)
pathos
14.
"Life is but a walking shadow; a poor player..." This is an example of a...
a)
simile 
b)
metaphor
c)
anecdote
15.

OXYMORON

a)

A comparison between two things that uses like or as

b)

A connection that is made between two things

c)

The combination of two words of opposite meaning

d)

Words that imitate the sound they describe

16.

This rhetorical device that is an arrangement of words or sentences in similar grammatical form to show the ideas are equal in importance.

Examples of this are:

Easy come, easy go

Like father, like son.

I have a dream.

a)

Parallelism

b)

Repetition

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Alliteration

17.

This picture is a visual example of which rhetorical device?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Simile

18.

Repetition of a phrase to create emphasis--"One hundred years later..." (from I Have a Dream speech)

a)

anaphora

b)

rhetorical quesstion

c)

hyperbole

d)

ethos

19.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

parallelism

d)

logos

20.
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan”...FDR
Which rhetorical devices and/or persuasive techniques are used in the above statement?
a)
logos and pathos
b)
ethos and pathos
c)
allusion and pathos
d)
allusion and ethos
21.
Writers use _____________ -they they saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted. 
a)
sensory details
b)
main ideas
c)
pictures
d)
mood
22.

What needs to be in the beginning?

a)

A hook to grab attention and background information.

b)

The lesson learned.

c)

Big details.

23.

What is a personal narrative?

a)

A story

b)

A story about an event or moment in your life

c)

A story about someone else's life

d)

A book about a famous person

24.

Choose the telling sentences.

a)

She was angry.

b)

Tess stole a look at Leslie. Her face, bent low over the math sheet, was red and fierce.

c)

He fell to the ground.

d)

Her mean words hurt his feelings.

25.

Pick the showing sentence or phrase.

a)

He was mad at the teacher.

b)

She was happy.

c)

As Mitch wizzed past, he kicked at Curt's knee. Pain shot through Curt's leg. He crumpled to the ground.

d)

He began to feel nervous.