Vocab Quiz #2

Question 1

Antecedent

Answer 1

An earlier clause, phrase, or word to which a pronoun, noun, or another word refers.

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two clauses. (Only exists in the same sentence)

Question 3

Kairos

Answer 3

A time when the conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action. (Time and Place -> All encompassing)

Question 4

Ethos

Answer 4

Character (To demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy)

Question 5

Epistrophe

Answer 5

The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.

Question 6

Exigence

Answer 6

An urgent need or demand (speaking/response)

Question 7

Scheme

Answer 7

Figures of speech that deal with word order, syntax, letters, and sounds, rather than the meaning of words. Would include parallelism, antithesis, antimetabole, chiasmus, ellipses, asyndeton, and epistrophe.

Question 8

Chiasmus

Answer 8

A crossing parallelism, where the second part of a grammatical construction is balanced or paralleled by the first part, only in reverse order. (A to B -> B to A, N to V -> V to N)

Question 9

Pathos

Answer 9

An appeal to emotions, values, desires, and hopes

Question 10

Logos

Answer 10

Reason (by offering rational ideas)