WorksheetsTri-2 Week #12 Literary/rhetorical vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of solecism?
a)
The saying of the same thing twice in differenrt words.
b)
Something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order.
c)
Form of verse often set to music.
d)
Open to more than one interpretation.
e)
2.
What is syllogism?
a)
A distinct entity formed by the combining of the major and minor premise.
b)
A deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion.
c)
An argument focuses on clarifying a definition for a controversial term or concept.
d)
A penguin arguing with an elephant.
e)
3.
How do authors use implication in literature?
a)
Authors use different literary devices.
b)
Authors use their words without directly indicating something happened.
c)
Authors create dramatic conflict between two characters.
d)
Authors don't use implication in literature.
e)
4.
Which of these is an example of tautology?
a)
Trees are tall and pretty.
b)
I need to go to an ATM.
c)
The money is adequately enough.
d)
Bigfoot doesn't believe in you either.
5.
What is the definition of philippic?
a)
The quality of being generous, kind, or considerate.
b)
A bitter verbal attack; a harangue, or a serious scolding.
c)
Putting forth intentional harm unto another.
d)
Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality.
6.
An ad hominem is...
a)
persuasion through logical reasoning.
b)
the basic rhythic structure if a verse of lines in a verse.
c)
a rhetorical device that involves commenting on or against an argument to undermine his/her character/instead of continuing the existing argument.
d)
a rhetorical figure used to accentuate or emphasize ideas or images by using grammatically similar construction.
7.
What is an absolute?
a)
A word with limitiations or qualifications.
b)
A word free from limitations or qualification.
c)
A word that has limited meaning.
d)
A word free from jail.
e)
8.
What is the correct meaning of bathos?
a)
A word or expression used in a figurative sense
b)
to ersuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel.
c)
a sudden change in speech or writing from a serious or important subject to a ridiculous orvery ordinary one.
d)
a weird way to say the word bath
e)
9.
What is the definition of ballad?
a)
A form of verse often a narrative set to a pattern.
b)
a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.
c)
A series of lines in a poem that uses repetition.
d)
A series of lines in a poem that uses dialog.
e)
10.
Expletive is also known as:
a)
The name of a band.
b)
A string of words placed haphazardly together with seemingly no thought or order.
c)
A dangling participle.
d)
The single word or the phrase used to interupt speech for emphasis
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