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Rhetorical Devices
Vocabulary
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What is the term for a character type found in literature across cultures?
What is ARCHETYPE.
100
What is the central theme of "The Minister's Black Veil"?
We are all sinners... We are often unwilling to face the truth about themselves.
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What is the central message of Frederick Douglass's "My Bondage and My Freedom"?
Slavery harms both master and slave.
100
What type of persuasive appeal is being used when Thomas Paine writes, "The blood of his children shall curse his cowardice"?
emotional appeal (pathos)
100
What does "surmised" mean?
guessed
200
What is the term for an extended metaphor (Edward Taylor's poem is an example)?
What is a CONCEIT.
200
What is a parable? ("The Minister's Black Veil" is an example.)
A story teaches a moral lesson.
200
What is the main idea expressed in "Swing Low Sweet Chariot"?
The desire for freedom.
200
Which rhetorical device is used in the following excerpt? "Fully appreciating the hardship to be encountered, firmly believing in the right of their cause, honorably inviting the scrutiny of an on-looking world, reverently appealing to heaven..."
parallelism
200
What does "superfluous" mean?
unnecessary
300
From the Declaration of Independence, what can be inferred about Jefferson's general attitude toward revolution?
Revolution should be a last resort.
300
Which words in the following poem create slant rhyme? I heard a Fly buzz--when I died-- The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in in the Air-- Between the Heaves of Storm--
Room & Storm
300
What is "home" a metaphor for in "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"? ("...swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home...")
Heaven
300
What rhetorical device is used in the following excerpt? "They were peace men; but they preferred revolution to peaceful submission to bondage."
antithesis
300
If someone is omnipotent, they are...
all-powerful
400
What is the central message of Jonathan Edwards's sermon "Sinners in the hands of an angry God"?
The only hope for salvation is through Christian rebirth.
400
What makes Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" epic poetry?
The theme of heroism of humanity. (Epic poetry focuses on heroes.)
400
What is the main idea expressed in Robert E. Lee's "Letter to His Son"?
Despair over a Union that can only be maintained by force.
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What rhetorical device is used in the following excerpt? "They were great men too -- great enough to give fame to a great age."
repetition
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If something is "arduous," it is...
difficult
500
What is the main purpose of Patrick Henry's Speech in the Convention?
To persuade the colonists to enter into war against Britain.
500
What is Henry David Thoreau's philosophical assumption in Walden?
Living a simple life close to nature allows you to concentrate on important things.
500
What philosophical argument does Kate Chopin make in "The Story of an Hour"?
An individual's right to self-expression is important. (equal rights in marriage)
500
Define anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
500
What are the meanings of the meanings of the capitalized words in the following sentence? "In the code of military ETIQUETTE, silence and fixity are forms of DEFERENCE."
behavior, courtesy