Rhetorical Devices and Terms Test with Complete Solutions
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Rhetorical Devices And Terms
Rhetorical Devices and Terms Test with Complete Solutions
Euphemism - Answer-A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept; for example, saying someone "passed away" rather than saying someone is "dead"
Extended metaphor - Answer-A metaphor developed...
Rhetorical Devices and Terms Test
with Complete Solutions
Euphemism - Answer-A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally
unpleasant word or concept; for example, saying someone "passed away" rather than
saying someone is "dead"
Extended metaphor - Answer-A metaphor developed at great length, occurring
frequently in or throughout a work
Figure of speech - Answer-A device used to produce figurative language; includes
apostrophe, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, metonymy, personification, simile,
understatement, etc.
Homily - Answer-Literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any
serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice
Hyperbole - Answer-A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement;
often have a comic effect; a serious effect is also possible; often produces irony
imagery - Answer-The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse
emotion, or represent abstractions; related to the five senses; goes beyond mental
picture
Invective - Answer-An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong,
abusive language.
Irony - Answer-The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant;
often used to create poignancy or humor
metaphor - Answer-A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike
things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity; a type of
analogy
metonymy - Answer-A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted
for that of another closely associated with it; the substituted term generally carries a
more potent emotional impact, "the PEN is mightier than the SWORD"
oxymoron - Answer-Two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect; a figure of
speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms, "jumbo shrimp"
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