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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. Direct contrast or opposite
Anecdote
Conceit
Anticlimax
Antithesis
2. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Syntax
Zeugma
Foil
Conflict
3. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Ambiguity
Bathos
Eulogy
Inference
4. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Foreshadowing
Aphorism
Non Sequitur
Connotation
5. An inscription on a tombstone
Denotation
Irony
Epitaph
Conflict
6. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Inference
Extended Metaphor
Situational Irony
Jargon
7. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Eulogy
Allusion
Simile
8. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Conceit
Simile
Assonance
Anecdote
9. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Analogy
Tone
Repetition
Controlling Metaphor
10. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Colloquial
Point of attack
Parallelism
11. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Climax
Enumeration
Allusion
Conflict
12. A comparison using like or as
Understatement
Controlling Metaphor
Parody
Simile
13. A moment of great revelation
Cliche
Situational Irony
Epiphany
Juxtaposition
14. When the story begins
Situational Irony
Understatement
Point of attack
Oratory
15. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Characterization
Epitaph
Epigraph
Syllogism
16. Technical - specialized language
Parody
Irony
Jargon
Conflict
17. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Anaphora
Pathetic Fallacy
Subtext
Foreshadowing
18. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Dialect
Foil
Hyperbole
19. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Flashback
Subtext
Metonymy
Setting
20. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Mood
Parable
Metonymy
Ambiguity
21. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Foil
Ambiguity
Inference
Euphemism
22. Same beginning sound
Sarcasm
Flashback
Alliteration
Hyperbole
23. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Syllogism
Climax
Tone
Eulogy
24. Word order or organization
Eulogy
Syllogism
Syntax
Pathos
25. Dictionary definition of a word
Syllogism
Extended Metaphor
Alliteration
Denotation
26. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Onomatopoeia
Conceit
Allusion
Pedantic
27. Same ending sounds
Satire
Consonance
Sarcasm
Epigraph
28. An unexpected outcome
Apostrophe
Irony
Oxymoron
Alliteration
29. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Enumeration
Non Sequitur
Pedantic
Conflict
30. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Irony
Anaphora
Didactic
Cliche
31. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Climax
Inference
Subtext
Syllogism
32. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Conceit
Ambiguity
Allegory
33. Sound words - imitative harmony
Chiasmus
Onomatopoeia
Archetype
Pedantic
34. Time and place of a story
A Priori Reasoning
Setting
Dialect
Allusion
35. Emotional response of the reader
Ad Hominem
Dialect
Mood
Oxymoron
36. A short witty statement
Conceit
Epiphany
Logical Fallacy
Aphorism
37. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Subtext
Aphorism
Bathos
Non Sequitur
38. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Apostrophe
Denouement
Rhetorical Question
Oratory
39. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Assonance
Theme
Flashback
Homily
40. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Pedantic
Extended Metaphor
Non Sequitur
Repetition
41. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Hyperbole
A Priori Reasoning
Epiphany
Anaphora
42. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Foil
Pun
Oxymoron
Satire
43. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Oratory
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Subtext
44. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Subtext
Syntax
Consonance
45. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Euphemism
Connotation
Sarcasm
Conflict
46. Exaggeration
Rhetoric
Hyperbole
Subtext
Exposition
47. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Flashback
Understatement
Situational Irony
48. A formal - often pompous - speech
Ad Hominem
Point of attack
Connotation
Oratory
49. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Parable
Figurative Language
Anticlimax
Conceit
50. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Archetype
Conflict
Understatement
Foreshadowing