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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 direct comparison
Didactic
Inference
Motif
Metaphor
2. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Motif
Homily
Pathetic Fallacy
Symbol
3. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Controlling Metaphor
Parody
A Priori Reasoning
Flashback
4. 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.)
Personification
Zeugma
Pedantic
Anecdote
5. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Pathos
Figurative Language
Satire
Rhetorical Question
6. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Syntax
Foil
Denouement
Symbol
7. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Repetition
Logical Fallacy
Oratory
Pedantic
8. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Syllogism
Exposition
Parody
Foil
9. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Repetition
Parody
Metaphor
Controlling Metaphor
10. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Rhetoric
Denotation
Alliteration
Repetition
11. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
Assonance
Tone
Simile
12. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Climax
Euphemism
Metonymy
Anaphora
13. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Jargon
Allusion
Rhetoric
Personification
14. The answer to a question
Inductive Reasoning
Archetype
Thesis
Eulogy
15. An unexpected outcome
Cliche
Irony
Consonance
Figurative Language
16. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Verbal Irony
Irony
Bathos
Situational Irony
17. Technical - specialized language
Hyperbole
Understatement
Analogy
Jargon
18. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Oxymoron
Verbal Irony
Motif
Parable
19. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Synecdoche
Personification
Colloquial
Jargon
20. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Irony
Synecdoche
Figurative Language
21. Same ending sounds
Oxymoron
Allegory
Repetition
Consonance
22. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Hyperbole
Epigraph
Homily
Figurative Language
23. Word order or organization
Syntax
Pathos
Consonance
Understatement
24. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Consonance
Alliteration
Extended Metaphor
Rhetorical Question
25. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Antithesis
Diction
Aphorism
26. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Non Sequitur
Personification
Ambiguity
27. Where the audience knows more than the character
Allegory
Dramatic Irony
Thesis
Parody
28. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Parable
Juxtaposition
Euphemism
Zeugma
29. A formal - often pompous - speech
Ambiguity
Oratory
Theme
Anecdote
30. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Allegory
Extended Metaphor
Metonymy
31. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Jargon
Analogy
Pathetic Fallacy
Paradox
32. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Simile
Apostrophe
Situational Irony
33. Words that create mental pictures
Metaphor
Climax
Imagery
Rhetorical Question
34. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Imagery
Point of attack
Parable
Metonymy
35. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Colloquial
Irony
Pedantic
Conflict
36. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Anecdote
Setting
Tone
Parable
37. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Consonance
Bathos
Eulogy
Subtext
38. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Foreshadowing
Controlling Metaphor
Non Sequitur
Metaphor
39. Direct contrast or opposite
Anticlimax
Chiasmus
Denouement
Antithesis
40. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Colloquial
Repetition
Oratory
41. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Epiphany
Denotation
Antithesis
Chiasmus
42. A moment of great revelation
Figurative Language
Epiphany
Hyperbole
Antithesis
43. A mistake in reasoning
Simile
Syntax
Sarcasm
Logical Fallacy
44. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Anecdote
Repetition
A Priori Reasoning
45. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Deductive Reasoning
Homily
Oxymoron
Allegory
46. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Extended Metaphor
Metonymy
Anecdote
47. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Consonance
Anaphora
Flashback
48. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Syllogism
Controlling Metaphor
Setting
Situational Irony
49. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Controlling Metaphor
Personification
Analogy
Ad Hominem
50. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Parallelism
Pun
Connotation