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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Assonance
Anticlimax
Flashback
Denouement
2. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Archetype
Anticlimax
Eulogy
Chiasmus
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.)
Imagery
Parallelism
Pathetic Fallacy
Zeugma
4. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Syntax
Foil
Archetype
Inductive Reasoning
5. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Parallelism
Understatement
Controlling Metaphor
6. The underlying message
Apostrophe
Point of attack
Consonance
Theme
7. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Dialect
Personification
Simile
8. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Didactic
Aphorism
Paradox
Allusion
9. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Setting
Anaphora
Inference
Repetition
10. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Motif
Anticlimax
Parody
11. An overused expression
Juxtaposition
Cliche
Pedantic
Onomatopoeia
12. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Deductive Reasoning
A Priori Reasoning
Syntax
Verbal Irony
13. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Paradox
Epiphany
Sarcasm
14. A political comment through the use of humor
Cliche
Euphemism
Parable
Satire
15. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Pathos
Figurative Language
Jargon
Tone
16. The use of slang in writing
Non Sequitur
Rhetorical Question
Paradox
Colloquial
17. Change and growth of the character
Euphemism
Characterization
Apostrophe
Denotation
18. Where the audience knows more than the character
Personification
Setting
Dramatic Irony
Controlling Metaphor
19. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Symbol
Chiasmus
Non Sequitur
Allusion
20. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Diction
Apostrophe
Dialect
Ambiguity
21. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Repetition
Exposition
Metonymy
Paradox
22. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Ambiguity
Non Sequitur
Climax
Thesis
23. Direct contrast or opposite
Flashback
Assonance
Antithesis
Motif
24. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Characterization
Exposition
Simile
Foreshadowing
25. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Antithesis
Pun
Logical Fallacy
A Priori Reasoning
26. A short witty statement
Parable
Epiphany
Subtext
Aphorism
27. A direct comparison
Motif
Metaphor
Non Sequitur
A Priori Reasoning
28. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Dialect
Homily
Rhetorical Question
Oratory
29. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Jargon
Motif
Syntax
Denouement
30. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Situational Irony
Epiphany
Metonymy
Ad Hominem
31. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Motif
Rhetoric
Extended Metaphor
Parallelism
32. A comparison using like or as
Synecdoche
Juxtaposition
Anaphora
Simile
33. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Tone
Understatement
Dramatic Irony
Metaphor
34. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Satire
Oratory
Point of attack
Conflict
35. An unexpected outcome
Enumeration
Irony
Syllogism
Chiasmus
36. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Foil
Subtext
Metaphor
37. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Inference
Pedantic
Inductive Reasoning
Parable
38. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Alliteration
Syllogism
Theme
Epigraph
39. Emotional definition of a word
Euphemism
Connotation
Parallelism
Rhetoric
40. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Metaphor
Anticlimax
Pathetic Fallacy
Pun
41. Words which evoke sorrow
Syllogism
Zeugma
Pathos
Exposition
42. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Enumeration
Aphorism
Assonance
43. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ad Hominem
Ambiguity
Metaphor
Mood
44. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Oratory
Euphemism
Dialect
Anaphora
45. Word order or organization
Syntax
Anecdote
Thesis
Point of attack
46. Sound words - imitative harmony
Didactic
Onomatopoeia
Extended Metaphor
Pedantic
47. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Jargon
Situational Irony
A Priori Reasoning
Syntax
48. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Enumeration
Consonance
Juxtaposition
49. Exaggeration
Pathos
Conflict
Hyperbole
Parody
50. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Setting
Homily
Rhetoric
Anticlimax