Vocab words

Question 1

Rhetoric

Answer 1

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

Question 2

Kairos

Answer 2

a propitious moment for decision or action ( Opportunity

Question 3

Decorum

Answer 3

behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety

Question 4

Audience

Answer 4

group of people who watch or listen an event

Question 5

Ethos

Answer 5

persuasive method using ethical approach

Question 6

Pathos

Answer 6

persuasive method using the emotional approach

Question 7

Logos

Answer 7

persuasive method using the logical reasoning

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

repetition of the same letter or sound within nearby words

Question 9

Anaphora

Answer 9

repetition of the same word or word group in a phrase

Question 10

Antithesis

Answer 10

juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

a rhetoric exaggeration

Question 12

Irony

Answer 12

speaking in such a way as to imply the contrary of what one says, often for the purpose of derision, mockery, or jest.

Question 13

Litotes

Answer 13

a deliberate understatement, especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite

Question 14

Metonymy

Answer 14

reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes.

Question 15

Oxymoron

Answer 15

Placing two opposite terms next to each other

Question 16

Paradox

Answer 16

A statement that is self-contradictory on the surface, yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless. Ex: Whosoever loses his life, shall find it.

Question 17

Parallelism

Answer 17

Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

Question 18

Rhetorical question

Answer 18

Any question asked for a purpose other than to obtain the information the question asks.

Question 19

Sarcasm

Answer 19

The use of mockery, verbal taunts, or bitter a irony.

Question 20

Synecdoche

Answer 20

A whole is represented by naming one of its parts (genus named for species), or vice versa (species named for genus). Ex: Listen, you’ve got to come take a look at my new set of wheels.

Question 21

Zeugma

Answer 21

A general term describing when one part of speech (most often the main verb, but sometimes a noun) governs two or more other parts of a sentence