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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point






2. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






3. 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.)






4. Word choice






5. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning






6. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






7. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there






8. Same beginning sound






9. A numbered list






10. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






11. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story






12. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






13. A conclusion drawn from presented details






14. Where the audience knows more than the character






15. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)






16. Words that create mental pictures






17. Emotional response of the reader






18. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous






19. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is






20. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion






21. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral






22. A comparison using like or as






23. The recreation of regional spoken language






24. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)






25. A particularly clever extended metaphor






26. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas






27. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work






28. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)






29. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general






30. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd






31. The underlying message






32. Literary - historical - artistic reference






33. An overused expression






34. A mistake in reasoning






35. A moment of great revelation






36. A sermon or moralistic lecture






37. Emotional definition of a word






38. Direct contrast or opposite






39. Technical - specialized language






40. A political comment through the use of humor






41. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific






42. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






43. Word order or organization






44. Repetition of vowel sounds






45. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






46. Exaggeration






47. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen






48. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action






49. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea






50. Same ending sounds