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Vocabulary Practice Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the repetition of similar sentence structures or phrases to emphasize an idea or make language more powerful and memorable called?

a)

Parallelism

b)

Analogy

c)

Diction

d)

Oratory

2.

What is a comparison between two different things to help explain an idea or make it clearer?

a)

Parallelism

b)

Analogy

c)

Diction

d)

Oratory

3.

What refers to an author or speaker’s choice of words, especially how those words affect meaning and tone?

a)

Diction

b)

Oratory

c)

Delivery

d)

Gesture

4.

What is the art of public speaking, especially speaking in a formal or persuasive way?

a)

Oratory

b)

Delivery

c)

Gesture

d)

Cadence

5.

What refers to the way a speech is presented, including voice, pacing, volume, and emphasis?

a)

Delivery

b)

Gesture

c)

Cadence

d)

Allusion

6.

What are physical movements, such as hand motions or body language, used to support or emphasize spoken words?

a)

Gesture

b)

Delivery

c)

Cadence

d)

Allusion

7.

What is the rhythm and flow of spoken language, created by sentence length, pauses, and repetition?

a)

Cadence

b)

Gesture

c)

Delivery

d)

Tone

8.

What is a brief reference to a person, event, text, or idea outside the work that adds meaning without directly explaining it?

a)

Allusion

b)

Tone

c)

Despair

d)

Parallelism

9.

What refers to the speaker’s or author’s attitude toward the subject or audience, revealed through word choice and style?

a)

Tone

b)

Allusion

c)

Cadence

d)

Diction

10.

What is a feeling of complete hopelessness or loss of hope?

a)

Despair

b)

Tone

c)

Allusion

d)

Gesture

11.

"big. beefy. bliss." is which device?

a)

slogan

b)

alliteration

c)

asterismos

d)

simile

12.

Which of these Rhetorical Devices does this best represent?

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

d)

Kairos

13.

Which of these Rhetorical Devices does this best represent?

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

d)

Kairos