What is the best example of a simile?

She was as loud and brave as a lion.

What is the definition of ethos?

Means of convincing an audience via the credibility of the persuader

Which of the following is the best example of pathos?

Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family.

Connotation is best defined as...

A feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning.

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

What is the best definition of diction?

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

A reference to something well known outside of the text

Syntax is best defined as...

Rules for using words, phrases, clauses and punctuation to form sentences.

What is the best definition of logos?

An argument used to persuade the targeted audience by employing reason.

Personification is best defined as...

Device that assigns human qualities to objects or other non-human things.

Which is an example of alliteration?

Dylan dances fairly well, but doesn't know how to dunk a basketball.

What is an example of a pun?

It’s difficult for crabs to share because they are shellfish.

What is an example of anaphora?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of...

What is the definition of "asyndeton?"

The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.

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1
What is the best example of a simile?
The trees danced in the wind.
Those are some jumbo shrimp.
She was as loud and brave as a lion.
She was a delicate flower.
2
This is a quote from which movie? "That's why her hair is so big. It's full of secrets."
Star Wars: A New Hope
Barbie
The Breakfast Club
Mean Girls
3
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally is...
Pun
Hyperbole
Irony
Simile
4
What is the definition of ethos?
Convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response
Scientific proof or evidence to refute a claim
Means of convincing an audience via the credibility of the persuader
A statement or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience
5
Which of the following is the best example of pathos?
I am right, and you are wrong.
Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family.
Four out of five dentists recommend Trident.
Afterall, FDR once said, "the only thing to fear is fear itself."
6
Connotation is best defined as...
The opposite of the intended meaning
The dictionary definition of the word
An exaggeration
A feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning.
7
What is a metaphor?
Sarcasm
A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
An interpretive dance
Comparison of two unlike things using like or as
8
What is the best definition of diction?
Occurrence of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent words
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
The definition of a word
A quoted statement or question
9
The terms included in the rhetorical triangle are...
Poetry, Fiction, Speech
Athos, Porthos, Aramis
Thanos, Thor, Athena
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
10
What the best example of an oxymoron?
Gentle giant
River of dreams
Iced hot chocolate
People person
11
What is an allusion?
A reference to something well known outside of the text
A mystery
An evasion or escape
A thing wrongly perceived by the senses
12
Syntax is best defined as...
The repetition of words
Stanzas in poetry
Rules for using words, phrases, clauses and punctuation to form sentences.
Parapraphing
13
What is the best definition of logos?
An argument used to persuade the targeted audience by employing reason.
Mathematical answers
Convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response
Means of convincing an audience via the credibility of the persuader
14
Personification is best defined as...
Device that assigns human qualities to objects or other non-human things.
Expression of one's meaning by using language that signifies the opposite
Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative
A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear together
15
Which is an example of alliteration?
BOOM! POP! (I love fireworks).
She was a pretty as a flower.
Dylan dances fairly well, but doesn't know how to dunk a basketball.
I am starving. I haven't eaten in thirty minutes.
16
Who wrote the following lyrics: "No one likes a mad woman. You made her like that."
Taylor Swift
Harry Styles
Drake
Beyoncé
17
What is an example of a pun?
Don't judge a book by its cover.
It’s difficult for crabs to share because they are shellfish.
Tomorrow is another day.
Just say the word, and I will follow.
18
What is an example of anaphora?
I haven't danced in forever.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of...
He smiled his Cheshire Cat smile and left the room.
Cry me a river.
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What is the definition of "asyndeton?"
The omission or absence of punctuation.
The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.
The inclusion of several conjunctions in a sentence.
Purposely misused punctuation.
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What is an example of irony?
O Romeo, Romeo. Where are you, bro?
She danced in the wind.
Carly carried coals for she should be a collier.
The firehouse burned down.

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