Test 9/27 Rhetorical

Question 0

Ad Hominem

Answer 0

Directed to or appealing to feelings or prejudices instead of to intellect or reason.

Question 1

Abstract

Answer 1

An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research.

Question 2

Adage

Answer 2

A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couches in metaphorical language.

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface.

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem.

Question 5

Allusion

Answer 5

A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea.

Question 6

Ambiguity

Answer 6

A vagueness of meaning;

Question 7

Anachronism

Answer 7

A person, scene, event, or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era.

Question 8

Analogy

Answer 8

A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things

Question 9

Anecdote

Answer 9

A brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point

Question 10

Annotation

Answer 10

A brief explanation, summary, or evaluation of a text or work of literature

Question 11

Antagonist

Answer 11

A character of force in a work of literature that, by opposing the protagonist, produces tension or conflict.

Question 12

Antecedent

Answer 12

A word to which pronouns refers.

Question 13

Antithesis

Answer 13

A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences.

Question 14

Aphorism

Answer 14

A short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment.

Question 15

Apollonian

Answer 15

In contrast to Dionysian, it refers to the most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior.

Question 16

Apostrophe

Answer 16

A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present.

Question 17

Arch

Answer 17

Characterized by clever or sly humor, often saucy, playful, and somewhat irrelevant

Question 18

Archetype

Answer 18

An abstract or ideal conception of a type;

Question 19

Assonance

Answer 19

The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words in prose or poetry

Question 20

Bard

Answer 20

A poet; a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment

Question 21

Bathos

Answer 21

Insencere or overdone sentimentality

Question 22

Belle-Letters

Answer 22

A French term for the world of books, criticism, and literature in general.

Question 23

Bibliography

Answer 23

A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a particular subject

Question 24

Bombast

Answer 24

Inflated, pretentious language

Question 25

Burlesque

Answer 25

A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject

Question 26

Cacophony

Answer 26

Grating, in harmonious sounds

Question 27

Canon

Answer 27

The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied

Question 28

Caricature

Answer 28

A grotesque or exaggerated likeness of striking qualities in persons and things.

Question 29

Carpe Diem

Answer 29

Literally “seize the day”;