All Rhetoric Review Quiz

Question 1

Terms linked in a different sense of the meaning of the word (one literal; one figurative)

Answer 1

Syllepsis

Question 2

The omission of a word easily supplied (usually a verb)

Answer 2

Ellipsis

Question 3

When words appear in an unexpected order (yoda)

Answer 3

Anastrophe

Question 4

Using one part of speech as another (ex. noun as a verb)

Answer 4

Anthimeria

Question 5

The repetition of grammatical structures

Answer 5

Parallelism

Question 6

Contrasting ideas expressed in parallel form

Answer 6

Antithesis

Question 7

An inversion of grammatical structure, idea, or sound

Answer 7

Chiasmus

Question 8

A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length

Answer 8

Tricolon

Question 9

Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning

Answer 9

Anaphora

Question 10

Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the end of one phrase or clause and the beginning of the next

Answer 10

Anadiplosis

Question 11

Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the end

Answer 11

Epistrophe

Question 12

The consecutive repetition of a word, often in a pattern of three

Answer 12

Epizeuxis

Question 13

The use of the same word or phrase at the beginning and end of a sentence

Answer 13

Epanalepsis

Question 14

A short, informal reference to something the reader will presumably recognize: a historical or fictional character, event, place; a religious or mythological story, or a literary work

Answer 14

Allusion

Question 15

A writer or a speaker detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech

Answer 15

Apostrophe

Question 16

Compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other, asserting that one thing IS the other thing

Answer 16

Metaphor

Question 17

Compare two different things that resemble each other in at least one wat. Compares a noun to a noun using “like”; comparing a verb or phrase to a verb or phrase using “as”

Answer 17

Simile

Question 18

A type of metaphor that uses something closely associated with a subject in order to represent the subject

Answer 18

Metonymy

Question 19

A form of metonymy in which a part acts as a substitute for a whole

Answer 19

Synecdoche

Question 20

Metaphorically represents an animal or inanimate object as having human attributes- attributes of form, character, feelings, behavior, ideas, etc.

Answer 20

Personification

Question 21

The strategy of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses in a list in order to create a spontaneous or unpremeditated tone

Answer 21

Asyndeton

Question 22

The use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause for the purpose of sounding deliberate or heavily labored

Answer 22

Polysyndeton

Question 23

The deliberate expression of an idea as less important than it actually is, either for ironic emphasis or for politeness

Answer 23

Understatement

Question 24

Deliberate exaggeration of conditions for emphasis or effect: a potential option for an attention-getter at the beginning of an essay or speech

Answer 24

Hyperbole

Question 25

A list that increases by degrees in importance, weight, or magnitude

Answer 25

Climax

Question 26

Breaking off a statement midway in order to create a rhetorical effect

Answer 26

Aposiopesis

Question 27

A rhetorical question: a question that does not call for an answer and actually makes a statement

Answer 27

Erotema

Question 28

The act of correcting one’s self to create a rhetorical effect

Answer 28

Metanoia

Question 29

Calling attention to a point by seeming to dismiss or ignore it

Answer 29

Praeteritio

Question 30

When the audience knows something that the characters don’t

Answer 30

Dramatic Irony

Question 31

Saying one thing but meaning something else

Answer 31

Verbal Irony

Question 32

Expecting one thing to happen but getting something else

Answer 32

Situational Irony

Question 33

Asks one or more questions and then proceeds to answer those questions; typically the question is asked at the beginning of the paragraph and then answered throughout the rest of it

Answer 33

Hypophora

Question 34

A brief statement of what has been said and what will follow; a transitional summary that links sections of writing together

Answer 34

Metabasis

Question 35

Anticipates an objection that might be raised by an audience and responds to it

Answer 35

Procatalepsis