Review for Terms 1-45

1. Arguing at length that your religion is of great help to many people, then concluding that the teachings of your religion are undoubtedly true is an example of ___________.

1. Arguing at length that your religion is of great help to many people, then concluding that the teachings of your religion are undoubtedly true is an example of non sequitur.

2. Arguing that somebody is less- than-intelligent because he does not believe the religion you’ve been taught since you were born is an example of _____________.

2. Arguing that somebody is less- than-intelligent because he does not believe the religion you’ve been taught since you were born is an example of ad hominem argument.

3. Arguing that a Muslim who celebrates Ramadan is a terrorist is not only non sequitur, it is also _______________.

3. Arguing that Muslims who celebrates Ramadan is a terrorist is not only non sequitur, it is also generalization.

4. Someone who preaches a sermon on the benefits of Christianity would be giving a/an ____________.

4. Someone who preaches a sermon on the benefits of Christianity would be giving a/an homily.

5. The _____ of “The Fox and the Grapes,” which is one of Aesop’s fables, is stated at the end of the story: “ It is easy to despise what you cannot get.”

5. The moral of “The Fox and the Grapes,” which is one of Aesop’s fables, is stated at the end of the story: “ It is easy to despise what you cannot get.”

6. The Hebrews in the Old Testament are often called Jews, and they are commonly called the Israelites. These substitutions of a word for a word closely associated with it is known as __________.

6. The Hebrews in the Old Testament are often called Jews, and they are commonly called the Israelites. These substitutions of a word for a word closely associated with it is known as metonymy.

7. Connotative meanings are extremely important when one analyzes _________, which are words or phrases which have strong emotional overtones.

7. Connotative meanings are extremely important when one analyzes loaded words, which are words or phrases which have strong emotional overtones.

8. Saying that the food at the Mexican restaurant “is not bad” is an example of ______.

8. Saying that the food at the Mexican restaurant “is not bad” is an example of litote.

9. A/an _____ is a phrase whose meaning cannot be determined by its parts. For example, telling someone to “cut to the chase” indicates that you want her to get straight to the point.

9. A/an idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be determined by its parts. For example, telling someone to “cut to the chase” indicates that you want her to get straight to the point.

10. The _________ of the word wetland is desert. metaphor conceit antonym connotation

11. “A street light is like a star. Both provide light at night, both are in predictable locations, both are overhead, and both serve no function in the daytime.” The previous comparison is known as a/an _______. euphemism litote metonymy analogy

12. Since the Star Wars films were not released in the order of the occurrence of the events in the story, they were not released in _____________ order. anachronism chronological analogous moral

13. An example of a ____________ is night (English), Nacht (German), noc (Czech), nox (Latin), and nakti- (Sanskrit), all meaning night and all deriving from a common Indo-European origin. allusion anaphora cognate conceitGermanCzechLatinSanskritIndo-European

14. A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different is known as a/an __________. allusion anaphora cognate conceit

15. "When I get shocked at the hospital by the doctor when I'm not cooperating when I'm rocking the table while he's operating.” Eminem’s lyrics illustrate ____________. alliteration assonance conceit consonance

16. "When I get shocked at the hospital by the doctor when I'm not cooperating when I'm rocking the table while he's operating.” Eminem’s lyrics illustrate ____________. alliteration assonance conceit consonance

17. "Round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran" illustrates _________. alliteration assonance conceit consonance

18. The "t" sound in "Is it blunt and flat?" would illustrate _________. alliteration assonance conceit consonance

19. The __________ meaning for the word snake could include evil or danger. connotative denotative analogous concrete

20. If you look up the word snake in a dictionary, you will discover that one of its ___________ meanings is "any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles. connotative denotative analogous concrete

21. "The difference between the almost- right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning"—Mark Twain. The previous quotation by Mark Twain deals with ___________. connotation dialect denotation diction

22. Sometimes sentences are meant to trail off. Use a/an ________ without any ending punctuation in this situation. Example: "I thought that you might...” analogy anecdote ellipsis cognate

23. "I loved the hit song, therefore I'll love the album it's on." The problem with this line of thinking is that it is a/an _______. ad hominem argument generalization cognate euphemism

24. "A traffic jam when you're already late A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife It's meeting the man of my dreams And then meeting his beautiful wife” The lyrics quoted above from a song by Alanis Morissette best portray ________. non sequitur figurative language irony litote

25. When a reader draws conclusions, makes predictions, and poses hypotheses, she is making a/an __________. literal language inference imagery anecdote