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Rhetoric Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________________ means: two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

a)

apposition

b)

antimetabole

c)

parallelism

d)

antithesis

2.

________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern

a)

anthimeria

b)

parallelism

c)

asyndeton

d)

antimetabole

3.

_________________ means: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

a)

anaphora

b)

epistrophe

c)

antithesis

d)

parallelism

4.

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:

"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne..."

a)

antithesis

b)

parallelism

c)

apposition

d)

epistrophe

5.

What rhetorical device is being used in the following quote:

"So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania..."

a)

antimetabole

b)

epistrophe

c)

anaphora

d)

rhetorical question

6.

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

a)

parallelism

b)

apposition

c)

asyndeton

d)

antithesis

7.

A brief account of an interesting event; A story or scene.

a)

pathos

b)

diction

c)

anecdote

d)

allusion

8.

Writers or speakers connect their thinking to the reader's or audience's own ethical or moral belief.

a)

pathos

b)

logos

c)

ethos

d)

persuasion

9.

writers or speakers draw on the emotions of the reader of audience.

a)

logos

b)

pathos

c)

ethos

d)

persuasion

10.

When writers or speakers offer clear examples and proof. They develop ideas with appropriate detail, and they make sure that the readers follow the progression of ideas.

a)

logos

b)

pathos

c)

ethos

d)

persuasion

11.

What figurative device is Kennedy using here: "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty."

a)

antithesis

b)

parallelism

c)

metaphor

d)

anaphora

12.

JFK: "Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us."

a)

antithesis

b)

anaphora

c)

parallelism

d)

simile

13.

When Malala says, "The pen is mightier than the sword." She is using a(n)...

a)

anecdote

b)

proverb

c)

anecdote

d)

parallelism

14.

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.

Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms--and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.

Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah--to "undo the heavy burdens . . . (and) let the oppressed go free."

a)

antithesis

b)

anaphora

c)

parallelism

d)

ethos