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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 play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Homily
Simile
Eulogy
2. Sound words - imitative harmony
Parable
Onomatopoeia
Homily
Archetype
3. Technical - specialized language
Point of attack
Jargon
Pedantic
Deductive Reasoning
4. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Foreshadowing
Subtext
Diction
Archetype
5. Time and place of a story
Synecdoche
Setting
Metaphor
Characterization
6. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Diction
Aphorism
Deductive Reasoning
Bathos
7. Word order or organization
Parallelism
Apostrophe
Syntax
Assonance
8. An overused expression
Cliche
Epitaph
Irony
Sarcasm
9. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Foreshadowing
Controlling Metaphor
Flashback
Oratory
10. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Symbol
Anticlimax
Homily
11. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Archetype
Mood
Epiphany
12. Emotional definition of a word
Consonance
Apostrophe
Simile
Connotation
13. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Situational Irony
Subtext
Eulogy
14. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Eulogy
Chiasmus
Symbol
Synecdoche
15. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Allusion
Ad Hominem
Epiphany
Exposition
16. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Chiasmus
Jargon
Homily
Personification
17. A formal speech praising one who has died
Chiasmus
Homily
Eulogy
Figurative Language
18. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Parallelism
Oxymoron
Point of attack
19. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Antithesis
Pathos
Conflict
Apostrophe
20. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Aphorism
Oxymoron
Conceit
Theme
21. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Oratory
Figurative Language
Zeugma
Ambiguity
22. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Metaphor
Didactic
Connotation
Foreshadowing
23. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Non Sequitur
Euphemism
Allusion
24. The answer to a question
Oxymoron
Thesis
Rhetoric
Inductive Reasoning
25. When the story begins
Pathetic Fallacy
Syllogism
Point of attack
Inductive Reasoning
26. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Antithesis
Verbal Irony
Cliche
Satire
27. The underlying message
Allusion
Theme
Mood
Understatement
28. Same ending sounds
Non Sequitur
Consonance
Antithesis
Pun
29. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Thesis
Colloquial
Allegory
Conceit
30. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Chiasmus
Epitaph
Understatement
Metonymy
31. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Metonymy
Anticlimax
Point of attack
Climax
32. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Mood
Anticlimax
Point of attack
33. A numbered list
Dramatic Irony
Denotation
Enumeration
Thesis
34. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Oratory
Archetype
Subtext
Synecdoche
35. The recreation of regional spoken language
Synecdoche
Climax
Dialect
Characterization
36. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Hyperbole
Eulogy
Inductive Reasoning
Simile
37. A formal - often pompous - speech
Dramatic Irony
Oratory
Assonance
A Priori Reasoning
38. Words which evoke sorrow
Foil
Pathos
Tone
Eulogy
39. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Dramatic Irony
Archetype
Epiphany
Paradox
40. A moment of great revelation
Epiphany
Archetype
Setting
Colloquial
41. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Epigraph
Tone
Parable
Conflict
42. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Mood
Allusion
Repetition
43. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Parody
Tone
Conceit
Chiasmus
44. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Pathetic Fallacy
Sarcasm
Parody
Thesis
45. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Deductive Reasoning
Non Sequitur
Juxtaposition
Synecdoche
46. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Syllogism
Pun
Eulogy
47. A mistake in reasoning
Pun
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Logical Fallacy
48. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Rhetorical Question
Apostrophe
Parallelism
Parable
49. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Foreshadowing
Point of attack
Anecdote
50. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Dialect
Syllogism
Diction