rhetoric has aquired both possitive connotations and negative connotations.
rhetoric is only about writing.
rherotic was used to refer to the art of effecitve public speaking.
rheoric can be regareded as a study, a tool and an art.
rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.
together with logic, grammar, mathematics, geometry, astronomy，and music, rhetoric was one of the 7 liberal arts in western world.
corax of syracuse and his students tisias were the first rhetoricians in history.
the terms associated with rhetoric change, and the rhetorical tradition has experienced shifts in emphasis.
what are aristotle's three basic elements in rhetoric?
which canon is the art of committing the speech to memory by mnemonic devices?
which element is not included in the five canons of rhetoric?
invention is the art of discovering a means for finding arguments on any topic.
arrangement is about how to organize the words effectively.
delivery is the art of speaking concerning the speakers’ pose, tone, gesture, facial expression, and so forth.
style is about diction and the organization of phrase, so it’s about effective sentences, clarity, force and beauty and using figures of speech.
the girls whispered and ________ together.
he was _________.
i didn't say anything like that at all. you are purposely _____ my ideas to prove your point.
how to speak or write in a specific way?
“tree” is absolutely a general word.
“tree” is a superordinate(上义词)of“oak”,“elm”,“poplar” or “willow”.
informative writing or speaking invariably has a balance of “telling” and “showing”.abstract and general expressions “tell”, while concrete and specific expressions “show”.
“some employees have been tying up the office phones with personal calls.” is a general expression and it is preferred to blame someone without pointing out their names.
rhetorically speaking, sentences can be sorted into _________.
“bells rang, filling the air with their clangor, startling pigeons into flight from every belfry, bringing people into the streets to hear the news.” is a periodic sentence.
periodic sentence is a sentence in which the subordinate idea comes first and the main idea comes last.
汉语句子的形态为_________.
英语句子的形态为_________.
英语是形合的语言,汉语是意合的语言。
英语句子一般是前重心;而汉语句子一般是后重心。
which statement about formal words is true?
“if thoreau had merely left us an account of a man’s life in the woods, or if he had simply retreated to the woods and there recorded his complaints about society, or even if he had contrived to include both records in one essay, his most famous book, walden, would probably not have lived a hundred years.” rhetorically speaking, it is a ______(loose/periodic/balanced) sentence.
"the power of french literature is in its prose writers; the power of english literature is in its poets." it is a ______ (loose/periodic/balanced) sentence.
why do we use figures of speech? it is used to _______.
assonance is applied in “won and ran”.
________ is applied in the titles of pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility.
in onomatopoeia, the sounds may be made by ______, by ______, or by_______.
onomatopoeia is a term used to describe the phenomenon of language sounding like the thing it refers to.
onomatopoeia is often used alone.
“write, right and rite” are ______ with each other.
in “if we don’t hang together we’ll hang separately.” (benjamin franklin), ______ is used.
how to answer the question of “what is the difference between a soldier and a young girl?” with the use of pun?
a homophone means a word that is identical to another word in spelling but not in pronunciation and meaning.
in essence, pun is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings.
which type of repetition is used in the example “very, very big”?
repetition is a figure of speech that uses similar structures in separate sentences to express related ideas and with which the sentence is emphatic and forceful.
one of the three functions of repetition is to emphasize an idea.
which type of repetition involves the repetition of the same word at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences or verses?
which type of repetition is used in the following example? ____ “…but your patronage has been delayed till i am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till i am solitary, and cannot impart it; till i am known, and do not want it. --letter to lord chesterfield by samuel johnson”
repetition can be classified based on the pattern of repetition and place of repetition.
in the last sentence of gettyurg address, by using anaphora of “the people”, lincoln tells us what government is and what government can do.
which one is not the function of climax?
how many steps does anticlimax need to gain emphasis?
anticlimax is a figure of speech in which successive words, phrases, clauses, or sentences are arranged in ascending order of importance.
climax is used in the example “i was born an american; i live an american; i shall die an american.--daniel webster”
which one is the function of zeugma?
which type of figure of speech is used in this example “when neil armstrong walked on the moon it might have been one all step for a man but it was one giant leap for mankind.”?
“live simply so that others might simply live. --gandhi ” which figure of speech is used in this saying?
which are the functions of chiaus?
we can classify rhetorical questions based on whether there are obvious answers or not and whether it is a negative form or a positive form.
the rhetorical question should be used very often for best effect.
which one is the pattern of anadiplosis?
which one is not the type of anadiplosis?
which of the following example is not a palindrome?
which figure of speech is used in the sentence "first ladies rule the state and state the rule: ladies first."
what are the functions of palindrome?
which of the following sentences is not a simile?
to be effective, a metaphor should meet the following requirements:
in metaphor, the comparison is explicit.
“poetry is the scent of the rose, the lightening in the sky, the gleampoetry is the scent of the rose, the lightening in the sky, the gleam of the fly, the sound of the sea.” this sentence is a metaphor.
which of the following sentences is not a metonymy?
which of the following statements about the distinction between metaphor and metonymy is right?
with synecdoche, the relationship between the two things involved is part-and-whole: that is, one thing is a part of the other.
which of the following statement is correct?
which of the following substitution is universally acknowledged?
antonomasia also involves similarity.
parodies can be ided into the following categories:
to see balanchine’s choreography is to hear music with one's eyes.which of the following statements is correct about the previous sentence?
that’s a sour joke.“a sour joke” is the mixing of the sense of taste with the sense of hearing, creating the effect of “a very unfriendly joke”.
the logical relationships between the word modifying and the word modified are:
“he ate with a wolfish appetite.” which of following statements is correct about the previous sentence?
a famous “cave allegory" is used in ___.
an allegory can __
both allegories and parables are teaching tools.
here is an ad： “printing company: in addition to banknotes, print everything.” what rhetorical device is used here?
here is an ad. printing company: in addition to banknotes, print everything. what rhetorical device is used here?
for large numbers of people the absence of work is harmful to their health. here you can see the use of overstatement.
bill wanted the news like he wanted a hole in the head.this statement uses ______.
it is a universal truth that a man in a good fortune must be in want of a wife. here you can see the use of innuendo.
euphemi is used mainly for these 3 purposes: _________.
what are the euphemistic expressions of “go to the toilet”?
euphemi is the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
the use of euphemi is not determined by different cultures.
“the graying army” is the euphemistic expression for the old people.
there was only one catch and that was catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. orr was crazy and could be grounded. all he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly them. if he flew them he was crazy and didn’t have to; but if he didn’t want to he was sane and had to. yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.(joseph heller, catch 22) what figure of speech is used in the above quotation?
oxymoron means a statement that appears to contradict facts or common sense or itself and yet it suggests something true.
“that man is a heracles”. which of the following statements is wrong?
what source texts are often drawn from when allusions are used?
explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. here you see the use of ____.
in the movie, forrest gump we see a now, very famous ogy which reads “life is like a box of chocolates, you do not know what you might get.” here you see the use of ____.
which figure of speech is used in "i wish people wouldn't rustle their programs while the orchestra is playing"?
which figure of speech is used in "little strokes fell great oaks"?
keith: (letting go her arms) my god! if the police come... find me here...(he dashes to the door. then stops.) which figure of speech is used in the previous sentence?
in the following poem, which figure of speech is used? "spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king; then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring. cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing; cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!"
in the following poem, which figure of speech is used? "let the boy try along this bayonet-blade how cold steel is, and keen with hunger of blood; blue with all malice, like a madman's flash; and thinly drawn with famishing for flesh."
in "speech is silver, but silence is golden", the figure of speech _______ is used.
customer: i would like a book, please? bookseller: something light? customer: that doesn't matter. i have my car with me. in this dialogue, ______(a figure of speech) is used.
which figure of speech is used in "i came, i saw, i conquered"?
which figure of speech is used in "to err is human; to forgive ine"?
which figure of speech is used in "i honored him, i trusted him, and i loved him"?
"he lost his empire, his family and his fountain pen." which figure of speech is used in the previous sentence?
________ is used in the sentence "the businesan left in high spirits and a cadillac."
which figure of speech is used in the following paragraph? "the taste of america is becoming french in its conversation, french in its comforts and french in its discomforts, french in its eating, and french in its dress, french in its manners, and will become french in its art."
which figure of speech is used in "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." (kennedy)
_____( a figure of speech) is used in "the man is not rich because he is honest, but he is honest because he is rich."
"he earned his bread as a dust man." it's a ________.
_______ is used in "her heart ruled her head."
_____ is used in "he paid the workers $ 5 per head."
_____ is used in "love me, love my books."
"my car runs as fast as the train." is a simile.
our ordinary conceptual system, interms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature.
"all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages..."(w. shakespeare) it's a sustained metaphor.
"poetry is the scent of the rose, the lightening in the sky, the gleam of the fly, the sound of the sea." it's a sustained metaphor.
______is used in "to oke or not to oke, that is a question．"
____ is used in the phrase "a loud shirt".
in the sentence "he had some cheerful wine at the party", _____ is used.
_____ is used in "the pen is mightier than the sword."
______ is used in "he is too fond of the bottles."
_____ is used in "many hands make light work. "
which figure of speech is used in "i haven’t seen you for ages"?
which figure of speech is used in "she was not without ambition"?
which figure of speech is used in "he is a man who is most dependable when you are not in need"?
"the more you give, the more you have." _____ is used in this sentence.
in oxymoron, two opposite words are used together for the purpose of making contrast, emphasis, or humor; while in paradox, two opposite concepts are combined for the purpose of forming a concise statement to illuminate a truth or to provoke a thought.
"this hard-working boy seldom reads more than an hour per week. " _____ is used here.
____(a figure of speech) is used in the saying: "when everything is important, nothing is."
which of the following sentences is not a simile?
which one is the pattern of anadiplosis?
which one is not the type of anadiplosis?
which canon is the art of committing the speech to memory by mnemonic devices?
which element is not included in the five canons of rhetoric?
which one is the function of zeugma?
which of the following sentences is not a metonymy?
in “if we don’t hang together we’ll hang separately.” (benjamin franklin), ______ is used.
“write, right and rite” are ______ with each other.
how to answer the question of “what is the difference between a soldier and a young girl?” with the use of pun?
which one is not the function of climax?
how many steps does anticlimax need to gain emphasis?
which of the following example is not a palindrome?
which figure of speech is used in the sentence "first ladies rule the state and state the rule: ladies first."
which type of repetition involves the repetition of the same word at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences or verses?
which type of repetition is used in the following example? ____ “…but your patronage has been delayed till i am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till i am solitary, and cannot impart it; till i am known, and do not want it. --letter to lord chesterfield by samuel johnson”
1.which figure of speech is used in "i wish people wouldn't rustle their programs while the orchestra is playing"?
________ is applied in the titles of pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility.
which figure of speech is used in "i came, i saw, i conquered"?
"he lost his empire, his family and his fountain pen." which figure of speech is used in the previous sentence?
________ is used in the sentence "the businesan left in high spirits and a cadillac."
which figure of speech is used in "i honored him, i trusted him, and i loved him"?
which figure of speech is used in "to err is human; to forgive ine"?
which figure of speech is used in "little strokes fell great oaks"?
keith: (letting go her arms) my god! if the police come... find me here...(he dashes to the door. then stops.) which figure of speech is used in the previous sentence?
the girls whispered and ________ together.
i didn't say anything like that at all. you are purposely _____ my ideas to prove your point.
he was _________.
which type of repetition is used in the example “very, very big”?
which type of figure of speech is used in this example “when neil armstrong walked on the moon it might have been one all step for a man but it was one giant leap for mankind.”?
“live simply so that others might simply live. --gandhi ” which figure of speech is used in this saying?
which figure of speech is used in "i haven’t seen you for ages"?
which figure of speech is used in "she was not without ambition"?
which figure of speech is used in "he is a man who is most dependable when you are not in need"?
"the more you give, the more you have." _____ is used in this sentence.
"he earned his bread as a dust man." it's a ________.
_______ is used in "her heart ruled her head."
_____ is used in "he paid the workers $ 5 per head."
_____ is used in "love me, love my books."
汉语句子的形态为_________.
英语句子的形态为_________.
the logical relationships between the word modifying and the word modified are:
“he ate with a wolfish appetite.” which of following statements is correct about the previous sentence?
parodies can be ided into the following categories:
why do we use figures of speech? it is used to _______.
to be effective, a metaphor should meet the following requirements:
rhetorically speaking, sentences can be sorted into _________.
in the following poem, which figure of speech is used? "spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king; then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring. cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing; cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!"
in the following poem, which figure of speech is used? "let the boy try along this bayonet-blade how cold steel is, and keen with hunger of blood; blue with all malice, like a madman's flash; and thinly drawn with famishing for flesh."
which figure of speech is used in "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." (kennedy)
which figure of speech is used in the following paragraph? "the taste of america is becoming french in its conversation, french in its comforts and french in its discomforts, french in its eating, and french in its dress, french in its manners, and will become french in its art."
what are aristotle's three basic elements in rhetoric?
to see balanchine’s choreography is to hear music with one's eyes.which of the following statements is correct about the previous sentence?
which of the following statement is correct?
which of the following substitution is universally acknowledged?
which are the functions of chiaus?
英语句子一般是前重心;而汉语句子一般是后重心。
英语是形合的语言,汉语是意合的语言。
the terms associated with rhetoric change, and the rhetorical tradition has experienced shifts in emphasis.
corax of syracuse and his students tisias were the first rhetoricians in history.
that’s a sour joke.“a sour joke” is the mixing of the sense of taste with the sense of hearing, creating the effect of “a very unfriendly joke”.
one of the three functions of repetition is to emphasize an idea.
repetition is a figure of speech that uses similar structures in separate sentences to express related ideas and with which the sentence is emphatic and forceful.
antonomasia also involves similarity.
in oxymoron, two opposite words are used together for the purpose of making contrast, emphasis, or humor; while in paradox, two opposite concepts are combined for the purpose of forming a concise statement to illuminate a truth or to provoke a thought.
"my car runs as fast as the train." is a simile.
our ordinary conceptual system, interms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature.
"all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages..."(w. shakespeare) it's a sustained metaphor.
"poetry is the scent of the rose, the lightening in the sky, the gleam of the fly, the sound of the sea." it's a sustained metaphor.