Cumulative quiz

Question 1

Strawman fallacy

Answer 1

Someone distorts the other’s argument and then attacks the distorted version of the argument

Question 2

begging the question fallacy

Answer 2

argument that fails to prove anything other than what is already assumed, “It is time to go to bed,” “why,” “because it is your bedtime”

Question 3

bandwagon fallacy

Answer 3

Argument dependent on the masses backing it

Question 4

ad-hominem

Answer 4

attacking the person instead of the arguement

Question 5

no true Scotsman

Answer 5

Fallacy used against all clear evidence pointing toward a fact to make as if the evidence does not apply to the circumstance because of a false “truth.”

Question 6

Understatement; satire

Answer 6

a way of emphasizing what it downplays; it seems to be raining a little (middle of a hurricane)

Question 7

mock enconium; satire

Answer 7

mock tribute or praise; suggests blame instead

Question 8

grotesque

Answer 8

sick/dark humor

Question 9

comic juxtaposition

Answer 9

Linking together with no commentary items which normally do not go together

Question 10

mock epic

Answer 10

parodies that mock common classical stereotypes of heroes

Question 11

parody

Answer 11

mocking through imitation; SNL

Question 12

Aphorism

Answer 12

A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief
Ex: Early to bed and early to rise/ Make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise

Question 13

zeugma

Answer 13

Grammatically correct linkage of one subject with two or more verbs or a verb with two or more direct objects. The linking shows a relationship between ideas more clearly

Question 14

chiasmus

Answer 14

Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second
Ex: “Has the Church failed mankind, or has mankind failed the Church”

Question 15

asyndeton

Answer 15

The practice of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. In a list, it gives a more extemporaneous effect and suggests the list may be incomplete
Ex: He was brave, fearless, afraid of nothing

Question 16

consonance

Answer 16

The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels
Ex: Pitter-patter, splish-splash, and click-clack

Question 17

anadiplosis

Answer 17

Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause
Ex: “The crime was common, common be the pain”

Question 18

apostrophe

Answer 18

Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea

Question 19

allusion

Answer 19

A reference to a work of literature, film, etc.

Question 20

synecdoche

Answer 20

A figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole or the whole is used to designate a part

Question 21

litotes

Answer 21

A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating it’s opposite

Question 22

allegory

Answer 22

A work of literature in which characters, events, and items are directly symbolic of specific social figures, themes, ideas, etc.: Young Goodman Brown’s wife, Faith

Question 23

hyperbole

Answer 23

A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used

Question 24

imagery

Answer 24

Writing that uses strong sensory detail

Question 25

conceit

Answer 25

A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different

Question 26

anaphora

Answer 26

The repetition of specific phrases/ parallel syntax specifically used for dramatic or emphatic effect