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AP Lang. Rhetorical Lit. Term Quiz
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How is inference used in literary analysis?
To come to a conclusion by drawing info from text.
To cite a source for info gathered.
To define the meaning of a word.
To quote evidence for a claim.
2
What is one type of subject complement that follows a linking verb?
Predicate nominative
Predicate adjective
None of the above
Syntax
3
What is a narrative?
Intellectually amusing language that surprises & delights.
Telling of story/account or an event in a series of events.
Ironic minimising of fact, presenting as less than.
The repetition of a phrase throughout a section of reading.
4
Homily is all of the following, EXCEPT...
Lecture
Speech
Parody
Serious talk
5
What is personification?
Human characteristics applied to non human things
A statement that looks self-contradictory
Terms that uses natural sounds with words
Something that means something else
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What is a parody?
Self contradictory statement
A work that imitates another for comic effect
Telling of a story or account of an event
A figure of speech
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Which of these example is an oxymoron?
Living dead
Big elephant
Fixed order
Horribly awful
8
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement is a/n...
hyberbole
hyperpole
hyperbole
hyberpole
9
What are the 2 purposes of style?
An evaluation or sum of the choices an author makes?
Both 1 & 2
Classification of authors/comparison to similar authors
To create a mood?
10
Gives a sort of familiar/informal tone by using slang and informality in speech or writing?
Denotation
Colloquialism
Conceit
Clause
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What does a clause contain?
Only an adverb
Only a subject
A subject and a verb
Only a verb
12
Which is an example of metonymy?
That car is speedy.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Why do these eyes of mine deceive me?
Better safe than sorry.
13
A syllogism is composed of...
2 major & 1 minor premise
1 major & 1 minor premise & a conclusion
1 major & 1 minor premise
1 major premise & a conclusion
14
Euphemism is Greek for:
"Devil speech"
"Jesus speech"
"Good speech"
"God speech"
15
Which of the following is an aphorism?
Actions speak louder than words.
The dog gave a loud bark.
I love you.
You smell like roses.
16
Choose the best answer which relates to rhetorical appeal
persuasion
narration
poetry
ethos, logos, pathos
17
"Leave me alone!" Type of mood?
Imperative mood
Indicative mood
Subjunctive mood
18
The three rhetorical appeals were defined by ___?
Aristotle
Plato
Mrs. Howard
Socrates
19
What is a loose sentence?
A sentence where the main idea is elaborated by clauses.
Joining words that loosely fit together.
A sentence that is falling apart.
A sentence that has a broad understanding.
20
Which lit term means changing harsh words to sound more pleasant?
Paradox
Euphemism
Connotation
Irony
21
Parallelism adds emphasis by using what?
Description
Repetition
Contradiction
Ridicule
22
Poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction are all examples of what?
Connotation
genres
Breeds of cats, duh...
Themes
23
Tone describes the author;s attitude towards...
His/her material
Both his/her material and the audience
The audience
Neither his/her material and the audience
24
"Life is a bowl of cherries" is a...
Colloquialism
Clause
Conceit
Connotation
25
What is atmosphere?
Subject's features exaggerated to produce comedic effect.
Area surrounding the Earth and space.
Mood created by entirety of literary work.
Serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral advice.
26
Which is a paradox?
Rome wasn't built in a day
I came, I saw, I conquered.
All's fair in love and war
Fair is foul and foul is fair
27
"Mike's dog was a Cocker Spaniel." Which is a predicate nominative in this sentence?
Mike's
Cocker Spaniel
was
Dog
28
What is diction?
Word choice
synonym of connotation
equal to fiction
Greek for "good speech"
29
Style could best be described as...
A nice wardrobe
A type of writing
The tone an author chooses to use
An evaluation of the literary devices an author uses
30
What is onomatopoeia?
Formation of a word from sound associated with it.
Statement, upon closer inspection, reveals a contradiction.
An Italian cuisine
An intellectualized comparison between two things.
31
Which of these is an example of a subordinate clause?
The horse ran across the plain and ate the baby mule.
I enjoy small carrots.
Although Kari hates him, she agreed to go to the dance w/him
Sings the best song
32
What is the best synonym for atmosphere?
Setting
Description
Tone
Mood
33
_____ shows the mood an author is trying to convey.
Diction
Tone
Syntax
Thesis
34
In which can mood be expressed?
theme
all of the above
atmosphere
Setting
35
"Abe Lincoln was a man of integrity." "man of integrity" is an example of...
Who is Abe Lincoln?
Logos
Predicate nominative
Predicate adjective
36
What is NOT the purpose of wit?
to delight
to amuse
to be ironic
to surprise
37
What are the two specific types of understatement?
Hyperbole & sarcasm
Parallelism & Pendantic
Simile & metaphor
Litotes & Meiosis
38
"I went to the movies yesterday, bought candy & popcorn & sat in the 2nd row." Sentence type?
periodic sentence
balanced sentence
loose sentence
complex sentence
39
What makes a periodic sentence periodic?
A sentence that presents main idea at the end.
A sentence that presents two different ideas.
It has an exclamation point.
It has a question mark.
40
"I have served on this committee for 28 years" is an appeal to...
Logos
Legos
Ethos
Pathos
41
Watering down the use of unpleasant or offensive words is...
diction
connotation
euphemism
allegory
42
"Let me give you a hand."
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Simile
Metaphor
43
What is an example of prose?
Poetry
Only nonfiction
Fiction and nonfiction
Drama
44
What word represents the nonliteral meaning of a word?
Metonymy
Connotation
Chiasmus
Invective
45
An example of someone who is pedantic?
Jackson Stewart from Hannah Montana
Spencer from iCarly
Patrick from Spongebob
Sheldon Lee from The Big Bang Theory
46
An apostrophe can also be identifies as a(n)...
metaphor
direct address
satanic ritual
Japanese dish
47
What are rhetorical modes?
exposition, argumentation, description, narration
simile
personification
metonomy
48
Which of the following doesn't create the atmosphere?
Setting
Dialogue
Author's choice of objects
Description of weather
49
What is an example of a paradox?
"Nervous excitement" (Hawthorne 65).
Like father, like son.
both 2 & 3
I am nobody
50
What is a homily?
informal lecture that gives advice
Something you say to yourself at night
formal speech
A religious saying
51
Which is these examples is NOT a type of symbol?
Natural
Literary
Unnatural
Conventional
52
Define Satire
ridicule that aims to reform human/society
represents something else
deductive system
Comparison using like or as
53
What is the definition of connotation?
Type of poetry
symbolism
implied, suggested meaning
poor word choice
54
Which is an example of an ad hominem argument?
You're a Republican & suck, so we don't have ice
Where did the ice go?
We don't have ice because it melted.
We don't have ice because the store had none.
55
Which of these people would most likely NOT deliver a homily?
Prostitute
Priest
Sue Howard
Professor
56
Imagery appeals to...
authors
The five senses
caring mothers
readers
