Rhetorical Terms Quiz 6

Question 1

metaphor

Answer 1

A figure of speech that compares unlike objects. When several characteristics of the same object are compared, the device is called an extended metaphor. A metaphor referring to a particular person, place, or thing is called a metaphorical allusion; for example, referring to someone as “a Hercules.”

Question 2

metaphysical (don’t need to know)

Answer 2

A term describing poetry that uses elaborate conceits, expresses the complexities of love and life, and is highly intellectual. More generally, metaphysical refers to ideas that are neither analytical nor subject to empirical verification; that is, ideas that express an attitude about which rational argument is impossible.

Question 3

metonymy

Answer 3

substituting one term for another based on close association; A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated. Example: “The White House says…”

Question 4

Middle English

Answer 4

The language spoken in in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD

Question 5

mock epic

Answer 5

A parody of traditional epic form

Question 6

mock solemnity

Answer 6

Feigned or deliberately artificial seriousness, often for satirical purposes

Question 7

mode

Answer 7

The general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a piece of discourse

Question 8

montage

Answer 8

A quick succession of images of impression used to express an idea.

Question 9

mood

Answer 9

The emotional time or prevailing atmosphere in a piece of literature or other discourse. In grammar, mood refers to the intent of a particular sentence. The indicative mood is used for statements of fact; subjunctive mood is used to express doubt or a conditional attitude; sentences in the imperative mood give command

Question 10

moral

Answer 10

A brief often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature.

Question 11

motif

Answer 11

A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in an essay or other discourse.

Question 12

muse (noun)

Answer 12

One of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts; the imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer. (verb) To reflect deeply, to ponder.

Question 13

myth

Answer 13

An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious traditions of a group or society.

Question 14

narrative

Answer 14

A form of verse or prose (both fiction and nonfiction) that tells a story. A storyteller may use any number of narrative devices, such as skipping back and forth in time, ordering events chronologically, and ordering events to lead up to a suspenseful climax. Also see frame.

Question 15

Naturalism

Answer 15

grubby or grungy realism; realistic detail; A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.