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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Change and growth of the character
Flashback
Characterization
Motif
Conceit
2. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Jargon
Conceit
Syntax
3. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Aphorism
Irony
Tone
Jargon
4. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Point of attack
Homily
Parable
5. Same ending sounds
Didactic
Consonance
Aphorism
Chiasmus
6. Events that take place before the story begins
Allegory
Figurative Language
Exposition
Parallelism
7. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Flashback
Inference
Pedantic
Euphemism
8. Dictionary definition of a word
Connotation
Climax
Parable
Denotation
9. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Satire
Dialect
Pun
10. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Conceit
Analogy
Rhetoric
11. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Ad Hominem
Figurative Language
Antithesis
Archetype
12. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Didactic
Archetype
Verbal Irony
13. A mistake in reasoning
Rhetorical Question
Logical Fallacy
Pathetic Fallacy
Symbol
14. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Inference
Foreshadowing
Foil
15. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Parody
Colloquial
Verbal Irony
Homily
16. Words which evoke sorrow
Non Sequitur
Mood
Assonance
Pathos
17. A moment of great revelation
Epiphany
Archetype
Foreshadowing
Exposition
18. Repetition of vowel sounds
Foreshadowing
Jargon
Assonance
Dramatic Irony
19. A comparison using like or as
Parallelism
Controlling Metaphor
Paradox
Simile
20. Direct contrast or opposite
Rhetoric
Epitaph
Deductive Reasoning
Antithesis
21. Word order or organization
Repetition
Syntax
Personification
Dramatic Irony
22. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Imagery
Juxtaposition
Apostrophe
Foreshadowing
23. An overused expression
Assonance
Characterization
Paradox
Cliche
24. Emotional definition of a word
Non Sequitur
Pun
Situational Irony
Connotation
25. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Logical Fallacy
Rhetorical Question
A Priori Reasoning
26. The answer to a question
Chiasmus
Thesis
Onomatopoeia
Inference
27. The recreation of regional spoken language
Deductive Reasoning
Exposition
Dialect
Epigraph
28. Technical - specialized language
Jargon
Setting
Non Sequitur
Metonymy
29. Emotional response of the reader
Mood
Juxtaposition
Oratory
Denotation
30. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Diction
Subtext
Conceit
31. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Hyperbole
Zeugma
Jargon
Parody
32. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Syntax
Situational Irony
Pun
Sarcasm
33. When the story begins
Pathetic Fallacy
Epiphany
Point of attack
Denouement
34. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Conceit
Deductive Reasoning
Paradox
35. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Satire
Parody
Ad Hominem
Allusion
36. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Subtext
Sarcasm
Rhetoric
37. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Alliteration
Ad Hominem
Anticlimax
Paradox
38. A formal - often pompous - speech
Cliche
Theme
Metaphor
Oratory
39. A numbered list
Foil
Enumeration
Denotation
Inductive Reasoning
40. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Point of attack
Non Sequitur
Aphorism
Analogy
41. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Satire
Inference
Pathetic Fallacy
Juxtaposition
42. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Apostrophe
Ambiguity
Subtext
Euphemism
43. Word choice
Epiphany
Rhetorical Question
Rhetoric
Diction
44. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Flashback
Conflict
Oratory
Paradox
45. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Imagery
Archetype
Controlling Metaphor
Parallelism
46. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Point of attack
Characterization
Understatement
Subtext
47. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Onomatopoeia
Rhetoric
Inference
Subtext
48. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Allusion
Anaphora
Symbol
Cliche
49. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Setting
Foreshadowing
Controlling Metaphor
50. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Analogy
Euphemism
Consonance