Rhetorical Terms Quiz(Vocabulary Quest)Allusion
An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.
Anecdote
A brief recounting of a relevant ep...
Rhetorical Terms Quiz
Allusion - Answer An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it
can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with
which the reader is supposed to be familiar.
Anecdote - Answer A brief recounting of a relevant episode. Anecdotes are often
inserted into fictional or non fictional texts as a way of developing a point or injecting
humor.
Antecedent - Answer The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Diction - Answer Word choice, particularly as an element of style. Different types and
arrangements of words have significant effects on meaning.
Colloquial - Answer Ordinary or familiar type of conversation
Connotation - Answer Rather than the dictionary definition, the associations associated
by a word. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning or denotation.
Denotation - Answer The literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations.
Jargon - Answer The diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or
activity.
Vernacular - Answer 1. Language or dialect of a particular country. 2. Language or
dialect of a regional clan or group. 3. Plain everyday speech
Didactic - Answer A term used to describe fiction, nonfiction or poetry that teaches a
specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.
Adage - Answer A folk saying with a lesson
Allegory - Answer A story, fictional or non fictional, in which characters, things, and
events represent qualities or concepts.
Ellipsis - Answer The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect
by the author.
Euphemism - Answer A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally
unpleasant word or concept.
Analogy - Answer A comparison of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables.
Hyperbole - Answer Exaggeration
Idiom - Answer A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it
literally.
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