Rhetorical Terms quiz 5

Question 1

hubris

Answer 1

Excessive pride that often affects tone.

Question 2

humanism

Answer 2

A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity.

Question 3

hyperbole

Answer 3

Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect.

Question 4

idyll

Answer 4

A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place.

Question 5

image

Answer 5

A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt; imagery is the use of images in speech and writing.

Question 6

indirect quotation

Answer 6

A rendering of a quotation in which actual works are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased.

Question 7

inductive reasoning

Answer 7

A method of reasoning in which a number of specific facts or examples are used to make a generalization. Its opposite is deductive reasoning.

Question 8

lyrical prose

Answer 8

Personal, reflective prose that reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feelings about the subject.

Question 9

malapropism

Answer 9

A confused use of words in which the appropriate word is replaced by one with a similar sound but inappropriate meaning.

Question 10

maxim

Answer 10

A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth. See also adage and aphorism.

Question 11

melodrama

Answer 11

A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response.

Question 12

Inference

Answer 12

A conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data.

Question 13

invective

Answer 13

A direct verbal assault; a denunciation; casting blame on someone or something. Specific examples, then generalizing

Question 14

irony

Answer 14

A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected.

Question 15

kenning

Answer 15

A device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities, as in “ring-giver” for king and “whale-road” for ocean.

Question 16

lampoon

Answer 16

A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.

Question 17

litotes

Answer 17

A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. Example: He is not a bad dancer.

Question 18

loose sentence

Answer 18

A sentence that follows the customary word order of English sentences, i.e., subject-verb-object. The main idea of the sentence is presented first and is then followed by one or more subordinate clauses. See also periodic sentence.