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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Climax
Juxtaposition
Epiphany
Controlling Metaphor
2. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Rhetorical Question
Repetition
Diction
Paradox
3. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Homily
Inductive Reasoning
Verbal Irony
Subtext
4. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Homily
Parallelism
Diction
Epitaph
5. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Analogy
Paradox
Homily
Repetition
6. Word order or organization
Ad Hominem
Syntax
Subtext
Eulogy
7. 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.)
Characterization
Subtext
Consonance
Zeugma
8. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Aphorism
Archetype
Parable
Apostrophe
9. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Understatement
Flashback
Inference
Euphemism
10. Where the audience knows more than the character
Exposition
Dramatic Irony
Apostrophe
Pathetic Fallacy
11. Events that take place before the story begins
Satire
Exposition
Anecdote
Inference
12. Exaggeration
Inference
Hyperbole
Enumeration
Conflict
13. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Conflict
Dialect
Repetition
Personification
14. When the story begins
Exposition
Point of attack
Sarcasm
Juxtaposition
15. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Enumeration
Verbal Irony
Colloquial
Zeugma
16. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Synecdoche
Anticlimax
Syntax
Anecdote
17. A numbered list
Enumeration
Mood
Bathos
Onomatopoeia
18. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Foil
Conceit
Eulogy
19. The answer to a question
Diction
Thesis
Colloquial
A Priori Reasoning
20. Dictionary definition of a word
Euphemism
Inductive Reasoning
Cliche
Denotation
21. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Parody
Cliche
Deductive Reasoning
Foil
22. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Logical Fallacy
Foil
Setting
23. Technical - specialized language
Rhetorical Question
Deductive Reasoning
Irony
Jargon
24. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Symbol
Archetype
Subtext
Hyperbole
25. Direct contrast or opposite
Climax
Metaphor
Repetition
Antithesis
26. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Denotation
Mood
Setting
Climax
27. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Point of attack
Flashback
Allegory
Eulogy
28. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Chiasmus
Extended Metaphor
Motif
Subtext
29. A formal speech praising one who has died
Enumeration
Point of attack
Eulogy
Synecdoche
30. Word choice
Pedantic
Parody
Diction
Onomatopoeia
31. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Logical Fallacy
Syllogism
Subtext
32. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Chiasmus
Thesis
Didactic
Apostrophe
33. Repetition of vowel sounds
Denouement
Assonance
Archetype
Satire
34. The underlying message
Sarcasm
Mood
Theme
Irony
35. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Exposition
Pathetic Fallacy
Deductive Reasoning
Rhetorical Question
36. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Connotation
Ad Hominem
Subtext
Dialect
37. A comparison using like or as
Eulogy
Ambiguity
Simile
Subtext
38. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Connotation
Non Sequitur
Tone
Simile
39. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Understatement
Syntax
Sarcasm
Theme
40. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Satire
Ambiguity
A Priori Reasoning
Motif
41. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Pun
Allusion
Epigraph
42. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Tone
Epiphany
Allegory
Flashback
43. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Antithesis
Pathetic Fallacy
A Priori Reasoning
Homily
44. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Homily
Irony
Conflict
45. Direct contrast or opposite
Hyperbole
Inductive Reasoning
Antithesis
Aphorism
46. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Cliche
Deductive Reasoning
Antithesis
47. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Pathetic Fallacy
Denouement
Homily
Conceit
48. The use of slang in writing
Denouement
Colloquial
Epiphany
Denotation
49. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Parable
Inference
A Priori Reasoning
50. Emotional response of the reader
Aphorism
Allegory
Flashback
Mood
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