Rhetorical Appeals Quiz #4 - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.	Personification	100%
In literature, the perspective from which a story is told.	Point of View	100%
From the Greek meaning “to tear flesh,” ----- involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.	Sarcasm	89%
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. As comedy, ----- distorts or exaggerated distinctive features of the original.	Parody	78%
An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	Pedantic	78%
A second type of subject complement - a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that names the subject. It, like the ----- -----, follows a linking verb and is located in the ----- of the sentence.	Predicate Nominative	78%
A ----- that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone.	Periodic Sentence	67%
Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) not normally found in successive words, phrases or clauses;	Polysyndeton	67%
One type of subject complement is an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. It is an the ----- of the sentence, and modifies, or describes, the subject.	Predicate Adjective	67%
The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.	Repetition	67%
From the Greek for “orator,” this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.	Rhetoric	67%
One of the major divisions of genre, ----- refers to fiction and non-fiction, including all its forms. In ----- the printer determines the length of the line; in poetry, the poet determines the length of the line	Prose	56%
differs from hypophora in that it is not answered by the writer because its answer is obvious or obviously desired, and usually just a yes or no answer would suffice. It is used for effect, emphasis, or provocation, or for drawing a conclusionary statement from the fact at hand.	Rhetorical Question	56%
This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing.	Rhetorical Modes	22%

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