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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
hubris
B
explication
C
invective
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
motif
C
didactic
D
genre
3) an attack on the person rather than on the opponent’s ideas
A
ad hominem
B
conundrum
C
invective
D
induction
4) Writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. It is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns.
A
invective
B
induction
C
didactic
D
explication
5) A riddle whose answer is or involves a pun. It may also be a paradox or difficult problem.
A
metonymy
B
invective
C
conundrum
D
euphemism
6) A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable.
A
conundrum
B
euphemism
C
hubris
D
didactic
7) The excessive pride of ambition that leads a tragic hero to disregard warnings of impending doom, eventually causing his or her downfall
A
conundrum
B
hubris
C
invective
D
ad hominem
8) the process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization
A
inference
B
invective
C
induction
D
pedantic
9) a verbally abusive attack
A
invective
B
motif
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
euphemism
B
metonymy
C
hubris
D
pedantic
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