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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 word that represents a larger idea or concept
Allusion
Symbol
Euphemism
Exposition
2. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Rhetoric
Metonymy
Analogy
3. Direct contrast or opposite
Mood
Antithesis
Understatement
Anticlimax
4. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Assonance
Verbal Irony
Cliche
Enumeration
5. Direct contrast or opposite
Apostrophe
Antithesis
Tone
Assonance
6. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Personification
Sarcasm
Ambiguity
Dialect
7. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Synecdoche
Thesis
Anecdote
Pathos
8. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Colloquial
Dialect
Subtext
Inductive Reasoning
9. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Consonance
Conflict
Climax
Conceit
10. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Dramatic Irony
Conceit
Thesis
11. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Epiphany
Chiasmus
Conceit
Imagery
12. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Oxymoron
Controlling Metaphor
Paradox
Euphemism
13. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Sarcasm
Deductive Reasoning
Dialect
Analogy
14. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Dialect
Inference
Parody
Rhetoric
15. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Conflict
Consonance
Archetype
Extended Metaphor
16. Dictionary definition of a word
Tone
Deductive Reasoning
Rhetorical Question
Denotation
17. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Setting
Colloquial
Denouement
18. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Parable
Oratory
Rhetorical Question
19. Same beginning sound
Anticlimax
Alliteration
Characterization
Motif
20. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Connotation
Simile
Characterization
21. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Syntax
Point of attack
Oxymoron
Figurative Language
22. The underlying message
Theme
Foil
Ad Hominem
Verbal Irony
23. Repetition of vowel sounds
Conflict
Parody
Assonance
Deductive Reasoning
24. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Setting
Conceit
Anaphora
Figurative Language
25. Where the audience knows more than the character
Mood
Deductive Reasoning
Personification
Dramatic Irony
26. The use of slang in writing
Denotation
Colloquial
Point of attack
Homily
27. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Climax
Connotation
Inductive Reasoning
28. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Syllogism
Symbol
Flashback
Juxtaposition
29. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Allusion
Dialect
Colloquial
Enumeration
30. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Extended Metaphor
Tone
Denouement
Foreshadowing
31. The answer to a question
Apostrophe
Ad Hominem
Antithesis
Thesis
32. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Tone
Syllogism
Colloquial
Rhetoric
33. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Symbol
Eulogy
Subtext
34. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Inductive Reasoning
Non Sequitur
Thesis
35. An overused expression
Theme
Cliche
Colloquial
Apostrophe
36. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Hyperbole
Anticlimax
Extended Metaphor
37. Word order or organization
Denotation
Antithesis
Ad Hominem
Syntax
38. Same ending sounds
Personification
Diction
Epigraph
Consonance
39. Emotional definition of a word
Connotation
Tone
Thesis
Rhetoric
40. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Epiphany
Didactic
Parallelism
Metonymy
41. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Homily
Antithesis
Apostrophe
Irony
42. When the story begins
Tone
Point of attack
Parody
Characterization
43. An inscription on a tombstone
Simile
Syntax
Epitaph
Consonance
44. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Deductive Reasoning
A Priori Reasoning
Rhetorical Question
Eulogy
45. An unexpected outcome
Apostrophe
Irony
Syllogism
Syntax
46. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Theme
Motif
Flashback
Pathetic Fallacy
47. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Allegory
Enumeration
Situational Irony
48. Time and place of a story
Situational Irony
Symbol
Enumeration
Setting
49. A formal - often pompous - speech
Oratory
Irony
Situational Irony
Synecdoche
50. A formal speech praising one who has died
Connotation
Synecdoche
Pedantic
Eulogy