Persuasion Test

Question 1

Define thesis statement

Answer 1

the major point of an essay, containing a subject and an assertion about the subject

Question 2

Define mode of discourse

Answer 2

a method that the writer uses to have a conversation with the reader

Question 3

Define essay unity

Answer 3

the state when every sentence in the essay relates to the thesis statement

Question 4

Define style

Answer 4

the unique way an author presents his ideas

Question 5

Define subordination

Answer 5

the process of giving one idea less emphasis than another idea in a sentence

Question 6

Define rhetorical question

Answer 6

a question that does not require an answer because the answer is obvious

Question 7

Define coherence

Answer 7

the trait that creates an orderly logical pattern that is easy to understand

Question 8

Define metaphor

Answer 8

a direct comparison of unlike things

Question 9

Define similie

Answer 9

a comparison of unlike things using like or as

Question 10

Define symbol

Answer 10

a concrete object with two meanings, a literal meaning and a secondary meaning

Question 11

Define personification

Answer 11

the giving of human qualities to something that is not human

Question 12

Define allegory

Answer 12

the use of characters, objects, or events to represent other ideas

Question 13

Define image

Answer 13

a description of something that can be perceived by the senses

Question 14

Define alliteration

Answer 14

the repetition of a consonant sound in a line of poetry

Question 15

Define assonance

Answer 15

the repetition of a vowel sound in a line of poetry

Question 16

Define tone

Answer 16

the way the writer feels about the subject or the reader

Question 17

Define persona

Answer 17

the speaker of the poem

Question 18

Define rhyme scheme

Answer 18

the pattern in which the rhymes occur

Question 19

Define setting

Answer 19

the physical and emotional background of a story

Question 20

Define irony

Answer 20

something that seems one way, but in reality is different

Question 21

Define situational irony

Answer 21

a situation that occurs that neither the reader nor the character expects

Question 22

Define dramatic irony

Answer 22

a truth that the reader knows, but the character does not know

Question 23

Define allusion

Answer 23

a reference to something well known from the past

Question 24

Define verbal irony

Answer 24

a statement that says the opposite of what is meant

Question 25

Define theme

Answer 25

the point that the writer makes about life or people

Question 26

Define conflict

Answer 26

the struggle between opposing forces

Question 27

Define plot

Answer 27

the pattern of events

Question 28

Define foreshadowing

Answer 28

hinting at something that will happen later in the story

Question 29

Define stanza

Answer 29

a grouping of two or more lines in a poem

Question 30

List the 5 points of view

Answer 30

1. first person narrator
2. second person narrator
3. third person omniscient narrator
4. third person limited omniscient narrator
5. third person objective narrator

Question 31

List the 6 ways to reveal character

Answer 31

1. describe his actions
2. describe his physical features
3. describe the setting in which he lives
4. describe his past
5. describe how other characters describe him
6. describe his thoughts

Question 32

List the 3 stages of an initiation story

Answer 32

1. a young person starts out innocent
2. a young person encounters something harsh
3. a young person has an epiphany (a realization about the harshness of life)

Question 33

List the 4 sentence structures

Answer 33

1. simple sentence
2. complex sentence
3. compound sentence
4. compound complex sentence

Question 34

List the 4 sentence types

Answer 34

1. declarative sentence
2. interrogative sentence
3. imperative sentence
4. exclamatory sentence

Question 35

List the 9 rhetorical strategies

Answer 35

1. description
2. narration
3. exemplification
4. comparison/contrast
5. cause and effect
6. classification/division
7. process analysis
8. argumentation
9. definition

Question 36

List the 2 methods of developing comparison or contrast

Answer 36

1. block method

2. point-by-point method

Question 37

List the 4 modes of discourse

Answer 37

1. exposition
2. narration
3. description
4. argument/persuasion

Question 38

List the 4 types of essay organization

Answer 38

1. chronological order
2. space order
3. order of importance
4. one extreme to another

Question 39

List the 6 author’s purposes

Answer 39

1. to inform
2. to entertain/amuse
3. to persuade, motivate, argue
4. to question
5. to elicit an emotional response
6. to ridicule or mock

Question 40

List the 4 types of humor

Answer 40

1. slap-stick
2. shared experience
3. hyperbole
4. juxtaposition of opposites

Question 41

List the 3 rhetorical appeals

Answer 41

1. ethical appeal
2. emotional appeal
3. logical appeal

Question 42

List the 3 forms of intensifying

Answer 42

1. repetition
2. association
3. composition

Question 43

List the three forms of downplaying

Answer 43

1. omission
2. diversion
3. confusion