Vocab Quiz 2/5

Question 1

Rhetoric

Answer 1

in speech or writing, the art of using the available means of persuasion

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

References famous person, place, event or literary work
- Can be direct or implied

Question 3

Anadiplosis

Answer 3

Repetition of a prominent and usually the last word in one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next
Ex. “Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird/ And if that mockingbird won’t sing”

Question 4

Antimetabole

Answer 4

A Figure Of Speech in which a phrase is repeated, but with the order of words reversed.
Ex. “Think and Wonder, wonder and think”

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

Opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction
Ex. Small step - Giant Leap

Question 6

Anecdote

Answer 6

Short amusing story about a real incident

Question 7

Asyndeton

Answer 7

The ommision or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence
Conjunction = FANBOYS
Ex: “Reduce, reuse, recycle” instead if “reduce and reuse and recycle”

Question 8

Call To Action

Answer 8

Where you clearly tell the audience a role they can play
ex. “This is your time, now go get it”

Question 9

Climax

Answer 9

Words, Phrases, Clauses are arranged in order of increasing importance
“It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s superman”

Question 10

Euphemism

Answer 10

Mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one to be considered to harsh or blunt when reffering to something unpleasant or blunt.
sugarcoating

Question 11

Extended Metaphor

Answer 11

Metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part at a literay work

Question 12

Fragment

Answer 12

Rhetorical fragment is using a sentence fragment(a place that is missing either its subject or its main verb) intentionally in writing for emphasis.

Question 13

Inversion

Answer 13

The reversal of the normal order of words and phrases in a sentence
Subject, verb, object
Do you judge me by my size?

Question 14

Juxtaposition

Answer 14

The fact of 2 things being seen or placed close together contrasting effect
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
Black/White

Question 15

Irony

Answer 15

The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
- Similar to sarcasm

Question 16

Motif

Answer 16

Recurring images, words, or concepts that have taken on a figurative or symbolic meaning throughout the text.
green light on dock in gatsby

Question 17

Negation

Answer 17

The contradiction or denial of something. defining something by what it is not.
NOT:“Cole’s dog has a big cack”.
IS:“Cole’s dog does not have a small cack”.

Question 18

Oxymoron

Answer 18

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Question 19

Parallelism (parallel structure)

Answer 19

The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which corresponds in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.
“John can swim, hunt, and jump.”

Question 20

Polysyndeton

Answer 20

The repetition of conjunctions in close succession. Ex: There are cars and boats and planes.

Question 21

Tricolon (rule of three)

Answer 21

The use of three successive words, phrases, or sentences to emphasize a message to the audience.

Question 22

Understatement (litotes)

Answer 22

The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it is.
downplay

Question 23

Zeugma

Answer 23

A figure of speech in which a word modifies two others in different senses.
Ex: He lost his briefcase, then his job, then his mind

Question 24

ethos

Answer 24

Using your authority to convince
Basically I have a degree so trust me

Question 25

logos

Answer 25

Using stats and data to persuade. Building logical arguments.

Question 26

pathos

Answer 26

Pathos appeals to emotions, making the audience feel angry or sympathetic.