Rhetorical Choices Review

Paradoxes, hyperboles, and metaphors are smaller, isolated rhetorical choices that may fall under the umbrella of ___.

• Syntax

• Diction

• Tone

• Literary elements

This is a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• Anecdote

• Juxtaposition

• Analogy

• Allusion

This is a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.

• Metaphor

• Comparison

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

Placing two things/concepts close together for contrasting effect.

• Juxtaposition

• Comparison

• Repetition

• Analogy

Which of the following is a concept that an author may define in a piece of rhetoric.

• art

• hope

• free will

• WWII

• The evolution of the English language

This excerpt conveys which rhetorical choice?

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition

• Definition

• Anecdote

This is the process of defining a concept by explaining what it is not.

• Definition

• Allusion

• Negotiation

• Negation

Which rhetorical choice is evident toward the end of this excerpt?

• Negation

• Call to action

• Juxtaposition

• Analogy

Read this excerpt from Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. How would you describe Woolf's tone in this excerpt?

• Contemplative

• Reverent

• Self-important

• Self-deprecating

True or False: You do not need to specify what kind of tone a text conveys when analyzing tone.

• True

• False