English III Final Exam Review Part 2

Irony is often a contradictory statement.

Identify the example of Juvenalian satire.

What rhetorical move is used in the following sentence: "11% of people are left handed."

Identify the example of Horatian satire.

What should be included in a topic sentence?

"A teacher is to a classroom as a captain is to a ship." Which rhetorical element is being used here?

Ethos refers to ethics.

A distorted image of one's features is...

The correct order of a synthesis paragraph is topic sentence, evidence, analysis.

"Haven’t we learned anything from the past?" is an example of a rhetorical question.

What is the definition of satire?

Similes compare two things with like or as and metaphors don't.

An example of ethos would be a professor giving a lecture on WWII when he has a history degree.

Which is an example of an anecdote?

What is the subject of Tim O'Briens The Things They Carried?

What rhetorical move is used? "He carried a strobe light and the responsibility for the lives of his men."

What do we know about Tim O'Brien as a speaker/author?

The PURPOSE of writing The Things They Carried was to...

Tim O'Brien uses the phrase "they carried...." multiple times in chapter 1. This is an example of....

Which of these examples MOST EFFECTIVELY uses rhetorical context?

A hyperbole is an understatement and a litote is an exaggeration.

What rhetorical move is used in the following sentence: "Most of your work has been graded for this quarter."

What is the tone of The Things They Carried?

Our personal narratives have been examples of anecdotes.

Who is the primary target audience for the 2013 movie The Great Gatsby with its modern soundtrack and famous actors?

If an author is focusing on the way that words sound in their text, they're considering....

What is rhetorical context?

An analogy is only used to compare things for literary effect (to make a text sound good).