WorksheetsWeek # 11B literary/rhetrorical vocabulary quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Absolute (stylistic device)
a ballad or an elegiac style of poetry.
a word free from limitations or qualifications (all, none, etc).
a word with strict grammatical limitations.
a word with multiple uses similar to a paradox.
Ballad (poetic form)
A popular narrative song passed down orally following a form of rhymed quatrains(abab).
A popular ode passed down glorifying a deceased person or persons.
a rhythmic dance performed during occult rituals.
a long narrative form of poetry using free verse.
expletive
A cause and effect equation used in literary circles.
A dystopian novel
Figure of speech in which harsh cacaphonous words are used in multiple paragraphs.
Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, interupts normal writing, to lend emphasis to the words on either side.
implication
A suggestion an author makes to connote a negative reaction.
A suggestion an author makes without stating it.
A suggestion an author makes by directly stating it.
Tiny eleves doing multiplication
Phillipic
A written decree.
A bitter attack or denounciation, especial verbal.
The era in British history ruled by King Phillip.
An astounding plethora of compliments and niceties.
Romantic (literary genre)
A literary movememnt from 1750-1870 that praised logic and reasoning.
A Hallmark movie.
A literary movememnt from 1750-1870 that praised imagination over reason.
A literary movememnt from 1750-1870 that praised individuality and soicialism.
Situational irony
A situation in which actions have a catastrophic effect, and the outcome is as expected.
A place of global irony.
A situation in which actions have an exact effect than what is intended, so that the outcome is exactly what is expected.
A situation in which actions have an opposite effect than what is intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
Syllogism
A three part deductive argument in which a conclusion is drawn (whether valid or not).
The act of being silly.
A two part deductive argument in which a conclusion is drawn (whether valid or not).
A three part deductive drama in which a conclusion is drawn (whether valid or not).
