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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 statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Didactic
Chiasmus
Epitaph
Satire
2. The use of slang in writing
Enumeration
Jargon
Hyperbole
Colloquial
3. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Aphorism
Symbol
Assonance
4. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Rhetorical Question
Personification
Metaphor
Anecdote
5. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Inference
Syllogism
Rhetorical Question
Hyperbole
6. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Connotation
Anticlimax
Non Sequitur
Characterization
7. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Tone
Rhetoric
Thesis
Oratory
8. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Anticlimax
Synecdoche
Cliche
Foil
9. A formal - often pompous - speech
Oratory
Jargon
Conflict
Homily
10. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Epitaph
Hyperbole
Pun
11. The answer to a question
Jargon
Subtext
Thesis
Sarcasm
12. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Alliteration
Zeugma
Personification
Didactic
13. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inference
Eulogy
Inductive Reasoning
Theme
14. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Oratory
Consonance
Connotation
Paradox
15. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Pedantic
Archetype
Metaphor
Motif
16. Technical - specialized language
Metonymy
Jargon
Bathos
Satire
17. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Controlling Metaphor
Pun
Cliche
Foil
18. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Pedantic
Deductive Reasoning
Denouement
Alliteration
19. Word order or organization
Analogy
Anaphora
Syntax
Consonance
20. A moment of great revelation
Symbol
Subtext
Epiphany
Colloquial
21. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Hyperbole
Personification
Symbol
Cliche
22. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Rhetorical Question
Tone
Controlling Metaphor
23. An inscription on a tombstone
Hyperbole
Epitaph
Personification
Oratory
24. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Colloquial
Syllogism
Homily
Didactic
25. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Metonymy
Consonance
Sarcasm
26. Direct contrast or opposite
Rhetoric
Colloquial
Antithesis
Allusion
27. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Thesis
Oratory
Conceit
28. The recreation of regional spoken language
Metaphor
Parody
Imagery
Dialect
29. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Theme
Foreshadowing
Allusion
30. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Characterization
Flashback
Figurative Language
Denouement
31. A numbered list
Epiphany
Alliteration
Enumeration
Simile
32. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Didactic
Climax
Zeugma
Denotation
33. A direct comparison
Extended Metaphor
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Parody
34. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Epiphany
Pedantic
Denotation
Homily
35. Sound words - imitative harmony
Anaphora
Antithesis
Onomatopoeia
Mood
36. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Didactic
Non Sequitur
Foreshadowing
37. A short witty statement
Logical Fallacy
Paradox
Anaphora
Aphorism
38. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dramatic Irony
Mood
Cliche
Oxymoron
39. Same ending sounds
Conceit
Pathos
Consonance
Diction
40. Events that take place before the story begins
Didactic
Tone
Exposition
Dramatic Irony
41. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Foil
Syllogism
Conceit
42. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Epitaph
Inductive Reasoning
Pedantic
Figurative Language
43. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Sarcasm
Euphemism
Pathetic Fallacy
Parallelism
44. The underlying message
Theme
Aphorism
Denotation
Jargon
45. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Aphorism
Setting
Syntax
46. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Homily
Antithesis
Antithesis
47. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Flashback
Assonance
Foreshadowing
Didactic
48. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Hyperbole
Tone
Personification
Motif
49. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Syllogism
Imagery
Pathetic Fallacy
50. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Aphorism
Foreshadowing
Chiasmus
Rhetorical Question