Worksheets2025 Week # 9 literary/rhetorical vocabulary quiz
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Antithesis
a)
literary device with elements and parallel grammatical structure.
b)
literary advice that refers to the juxtaposition of two of the same elements through the parallel grammatical structure.
c)
literary device where two opposing elements are contrasted through parallel grammatical structure.
2.
Catharsis
a)
a literary device used to simulate a release of emotions.
b)
a literary trope used to simulcast a release of devotion.
c)
a literary device used to simulte a release of antithesis.
3.
Ethos
a)
emotional appeal used by the writer to persuade.
b)
unemotional appeal used by the reader to peruse.
c)
emotional appeal used by the writer to dissuade.
4.
hubris
a)
excessive pronouns that brings about the protagonist's downfall.
b)
excessive pride that brings about the protagonist's rise.
c)
excessive pride that brings about the protagonist's downfall.
5.
Logos
a)
persuasion through illogical reasoning.
b)
persuasion through logical reasoning.
c)
percussion through low level reasoning.
6.
Paralipsis
a)
a rhetorical figure involving a speaker's assertion that they will not discuss something that they in fact go on to discuss.
b)
a rhetorical figure involving an assertion that they will discuss something that they in fact never discuss.
c)
a rhetorical trope involving a speaker's asserion that they discuss something that they in fact dislike.
7.
Prose
a)
non-poetric expressions using sentences and paragraphs.
b)
poetic expression using verse, lines, and stanzas.
c)
when you get called up from the minor leagues.
8.
Syntax
a)
the lack of words within a phrase, clause, or sentence, and the rules governing these arrangements.
b)
the ordering or placement of verbs within a phrase, clause, or sentence, and the rules governing these arrangements.
c)
the ordering or placement of words within a phrase, clause, or sentence, and the rules governing these arrangements.
9.
verse
a)
a string of expletives
b)
a adverbial phrase
c)
poetry, the use of lines and stanzas
d)
writing in the form of paragraphs and sentences
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