5 Written Questions

1. a direct comparison between dissimilar things. “Your eyes are stars” is an example.
2. the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers.
3. When a writer uses the same term in two different senses in an argument.
4. Indicated by a series of three periods, the __ indicates that some material has been omitted from a given text.
5. In ___, the narrator, with a godlike knowledge, presents the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.

5 Matching Questions

1. Didactic
2. Parody
3. Prose
4. Voice
5. Invective

1. a One of the major divisions of genre, ___ refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms, because they are written in ordinary language and most closely resemble everyday speech.
2. b A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
3. c can refer to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence’s subject and verb (active and passive). The second refers to the total “sound” of the writer’s style.
4. d an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.
5. e writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. A ___ work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by phrase, clause, or paragraphs. “To be or not to be . . .” “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times . . .” “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country . . .”
   1. Antithesis
   2. Anaphora
   3. Pathos
   4. Satire
2. The purpose of this type of rhetorical mode is to tell the story or narrate an event or series of events.
   1. Narration
   2. Annotation
   3. Paradox
   4. Transition
3. Sentence which begins with the main idea and then expands on that idea with a series of details or other particulars
   1. Satire
   2. Narrative
   3. Invective
   4. Cumulative
4. Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of X Y Y X. It is often short and summarizes a main idea.
   1. Parody
   2. Chiasmus
   3. Thesis
   4. Dialect
5. The purpose of this rhetorical mode is to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture that being described. Sometimes an author engages all five senses.
   1. Deduction
   2. Denotation
   3. Description
   4. Repetition

5 True/False Question

1. Theme → The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author’s opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition.
   

   True        False

2. Deduction → The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example.
   

   True        False

3. Consonance → Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
   

   True        False

4. Cacophony → harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage in a literary word.
   

   True        False

5. Sarcasm → A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.
   

   True        False