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Semester Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name

Class

Date

1. Which rhetorical device involves a direct comparison using "like" or "as"?

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Alliteration

2. What is an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect?

Hyperbole

Antithesis

Rhetorical Question

Allusion

3. Which of the following is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?

Alliteration

Anaphora

Imagery

Allusion

4. What rhetorical appeal focuses on logic and reason to persuade the audience?

Ethos

Logos

Pathos

Rhetorical Question

5. What is "A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are placed together for contrast?"

Purpose

Assert

Hyperbole

Antithesis

6. Fill in the blank: The speaker used an emotional story to appeal to the audience’s ______________, evoking sympathy.

Pathos

Tone

Audience

Ethos

7. Fill in the blank: In his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther King Jr. uses ______________ with the repeated phrase "I have a dream."

Imagery

Allusion

Anaphora

Generalize

8. Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

"Her smile was as bright as the sun."

"Life is a highway, and I’m going to ride it all night long."

"He ran faster than lightning."

"She sells seashells by the seashore."

9. Which of the following is an example of Ethos?

"The tone of the speech was serious and passionate."

"President Bush immediately charted the right path to follow by declaring war against terrorist leaders" .

"It will remain shrouded in mourning in the violated memory of our country."

"As a doctor, I’m qualified to tell you this,"

10.

10. "Assert" means...

asked just for effect, or to lay emphasis on some point being discussed

the reason the author wrote the text

to state something confidently and forcefully, often without needing proof or evidence

a great exaggeration

11.

11. "Rhetoric" means...

make a general or broad statement by inferring from specific cases

The art of using language effectively and persuasively

the author's attitude, expressed through word choice and style

Logical argument

12.

"April 12th 1963" is an example of what in regards to SOAPStone?

Tone

Subject

Occasion

Purpose

13.

Cynicism means...

A belief that people are motivated by selfishness and dishonesty.

A positive outlook on human nature and actions.

A strong trust in the goodness and sincerity of others.

A feeling of optimism about future outcomes.

14.

Inquisitive means...

Unwilling to ask questions or seek information

Displaying a lack of interest in new knowledge

Avoiding conversation or discussion

Showing curiosity or a desire to learn more

15.

Which term means "person who delivers speeches, especially someone who is skilled or eloquent in public speaking"?

Advocate

Orator

16.

Fill in the blank: The main __________ of the essay was serious, with the writer choosing words that conveyed urgency.

Tone

Audience

Purpose

Summary

17.

Amplify means to...

reduce or diminish

simplify or clarify

ignore or overlook

increase or enhance

18.

Which term means "Temporary departure from the main topic or subject in speaking or writing"?

Digression

Integrate

Conversely

Advocate

19.

Convulsion means...

A brief moment of dizziness or lightheadedness.

A state of complete relaxation and calmness.

A sudden, violent, and uncontrolled or involuntary shaking of the body.

A gentle and rhythmic movement of the body.

20.

The word interminable means...

finite or limited

temporary or brief

intermittent or sporadic

endless or seemingly without end

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Semester Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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