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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Figurative Language
Extended Metaphor
Syllogism
Antithesis
2. An inscription on a tombstone
Dramatic Irony
Setting
Epitaph
Syntax
3. Emotional response of the reader
Mood
Deductive Reasoning
Antithesis
Oratory
4. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Pathetic Fallacy
Chiasmus
Non Sequitur
Syllogism
5. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Anaphora
Verbal Irony
Conflict
Epiphany
6. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Inference
Chiasmus
Climax
7. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Consonance
Figurative Language
Metaphor
8. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Oratory
Irony
Metonymy
Exposition
9. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Chiasmus
Epigraph
Sarcasm
Motif
10. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Anticlimax
Syllogism
Rhetoric
Analogy
11. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Dramatic Irony
Rhetoric
Theme
Pun
12. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Rhetoric
Non Sequitur
Aphorism
Alliteration
13. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Tone
Mood
Exposition
Dialect
14. A moment of great revelation
Oratory
Pathos
Epiphany
Apostrophe
15. Exaggeration
Symbol
Hyperbole
Epigraph
Inference
16. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Metonymy
Motif
Conceit
17. Direct contrast or opposite
Pun
Inductive Reasoning
Antithesis
Mood
18. Dictionary definition of a word
Pedantic
Denotation
Syllogism
Jargon
19. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Parable
Subtext
Anaphora
Colloquial
20. When the story begins
Epigraph
Thesis
Consonance
Point of attack
21. The answer to a question
Ambiguity
Subtext
Thesis
Epitaph
22. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Epitaph
Paradox
Denouement
23. Emotional definition of a word
Connotation
Dialect
Controlling Metaphor
Tone
24. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Denouement
Rhetoric
Oratory
Epigraph
25. Change and growth of the character
Subtext
Conceit
Characterization
Denotation
26. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Situational Irony
Analogy
Denouement
Tone
27. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Verbal Irony
Juxtaposition
Allegory
Onomatopoeia
28. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Enumeration
Satire
Figurative Language
Repetition
29. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Rhetoric
Syntax
Point of attack
30. A numbered list
Extended Metaphor
Enumeration
Jargon
A Priori Reasoning
31. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Alliteration
Anticlimax
Ambiguity
Understatement
32. A political comment through the use of humor
Antithesis
Satire
Pedantic
Archetype
33. Same beginning sound
Anecdote
Alliteration
Exposition
Simile
34. A type of pun where the use of a word modifies two or more words - but used for different meanings (On the fishing trip - he caught three trout and a cold.)
Figurative Language
Zeugma
Allusion
Pathos
35. The underlying message
Didactic
Apostrophe
Theme
Jargon
36. The recreation of regional spoken language
Denouement
Onomatopoeia
Sarcasm
Dialect
37. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Exposition
A Priori Reasoning
Enumeration
38. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Pathetic Fallacy
Parable
Paradox
Verbal Irony
39. Where the audience knows more than the character
Parallelism
Satire
Motif
Dramatic Irony
40. Time and place of a story
Controlling Metaphor
Synecdoche
Characterization
Setting
41. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Metonymy
Inference
Oxymoron
42. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Pedantic
Epitaph
Rhetorical Question
43. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Enumeration
Euphemism
Denouement
Epigraph
44. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Imagery
Figurative Language
Anecdote
Analogy
45. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Thesis
Situational Irony
Consonance
Understatement
46. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Ad Hominem
Parallelism
Diction
Juxtaposition
47. Technical - specialized language
Extended Metaphor
Ambiguity
Rhetorical Question
Jargon
48. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
A Priori Reasoning
Thesis
Denouement
Repetition
49. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Pedantic
Figurative Language
Foil
Deductive Reasoning
50. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Parody
Satire
Flashback
Inference