Review Game Zone
Flash Cards
(current)
Games
Teachers
Search
AP Lang Rhetorical Terms #5 Review Game
Test Description: Spring 2013
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A term to describe writing that borders on lecturing. It is scholarly and academic and often overly difficult and distant
A
invective
B
hubris
C
explication
D
pedantic
2) Main theme or subject of a work that is elaborated on in the development of the piece. A repeated pattern or idea
A
metonymy
B
didactic
C
genre
D
motif
3) an attack on the person rather than on the opponent’s ideas
A
conundrum
B
invective
C
induction
D
ad hominem
4) Writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. It is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns.
A
didactic
B
explication
C
induction
D
invective
5) A riddle whose answer is or involves a pun. It may also be a paradox or difficult problem.
A
invective
B
euphemism
C
metonymy
D
conundrum
6) A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable.
A
hubris
B
euphemism
C
didactic
D
conundrum
7) The excessive pride of ambition that leads a tragic hero to disregard warnings of impending doom, eventually causing his or her downfall
A
hubris
B
ad hominem
C
conundrum
D
invective
8) the process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization
A
invective
B
pedantic
C
induction
D
inference
9) a verbally abusive attack
A
motif
B
invective
C
induction
D
ad hominem
10) a figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which it is associated, such as using the crown to refer to a monarch
A
hubris
B
pedantic
C
euphemism
D
metonymy
*select an answer for all questions
Check Results & Get Answers
Play Games with the Questions Above
Teachers: Create FREE classroom games with your questions
Click for more info!
©2007-2024
ReviewGameZone.com
|
About
|
Privacy
|
Contact
|
Terms
|
Site Map
WAIT! Find what you needed?
×
Still Looking for the Answers?
Have Another Question?
Play a Review Game with These Questions?
Want to Make Your Own Test Like This One?