Lit Terms Review

Question 1

A long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end is a

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periodic sentence

Question 2

“Girly man” and “icy hot” are examples of a(n)

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oxymoron

Question 3

The language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group is

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dialect

Question 4

A figure of speech in which a part signifies a whole is a

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synecdoche

Question 5

“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

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antithesis

Question 6

I'll have my bond!/ Speak not against my bond!/ I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.

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epistrophe

Question 7

Consonant clusters coming closely cramped and compressed-- no coincidence.

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alliteration

Question 8

What is a figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements?

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oxymornon

Question 9

"You is kind, you is smart, you is important."

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asyndeton

Question 10

A figure of speech that emphasizes its subjectby conscious understatement is a

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litote

Question 11

What is an address or invocation to something inanimate?

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apostrophe

Question 12

The order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second is a

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chiasmus

Question 13

The image below BEST utilizes which persuasive appeal?

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pathos

Question 14

A long sentence that starts with a main clause followed by several dependent clauses & phrases

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loose sentence

Question 15

The image below BEST utilizes which persuasive appeal?

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logos

Question 16

The image BEST appeals to which emotion of its intended audience?

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fear

Question 17

She's not the friendliest person I know.

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litote

Question 18

“Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.”

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chaismus

Question 19

What is the use of similar forms in writing for nouns,verbs, phrases, or thoughts?

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parallel structure

Question 20

In rhetoric, the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences is a(n)

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epistrophe

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