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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Zeugma
Rhetorical Question
Pun
2. A direct comparison
Tone
Satire
Metaphor
Logical Fallacy
3. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Ad Hominem
Denotation
Understatement
Antithesis
4. A formal speech praising one who has died
Figurative Language
Alliteration
Eulogy
Jargon
5. A moment of great revelation
Non Sequitur
Juxtaposition
Epiphany
Subtext
6. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Synecdoche
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Pathetic Fallacy
7. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Exposition
Colloquial
Pathetic Fallacy
8. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Pedantic
Motif
Point of attack
Conceit
9. An inscription on a tombstone
Allegory
Epitaph
Cliche
Pedantic
10. A formal - often pompous - speech
Parallelism
Oxymoron
Parody
Oratory
11. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Rhetorical Question
Denotation
Non Sequitur
Controlling Metaphor
12. A numbered list
A Priori Reasoning
Extended Metaphor
Enumeration
Consonance
13. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Logical Fallacy
Flashback
Climax
Parable
14. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Anecdote
Assonance
Zeugma
Analogy
15. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Cliche
Consonance
Imagery
16. When the story begins
Metonymy
Antithesis
Foreshadowing
Point of attack
17. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Allusion
Inductive Reasoning
Point of attack
Parable
18. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Hyperbole
Ad Hominem
Repetition
Zeugma
19. A comparison using like or as
Anecdote
Parody
Simile
Rhetorical Question
20. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Homily
Mood
Theme
21. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Colloquial
Didactic
Pathos
22. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Antithesis
Anticlimax
Anecdote
Verbal Irony
23. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Metonymy
Anaphora
Logical Fallacy
Sarcasm
24. Direct contrast or opposite
Didactic
Antithesis
Ad Hominem
Pedantic
25. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Exposition
Dialect
Anticlimax
Conflict
26. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Anecdote
Imagery
Sarcasm
27. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Satire
Ad Hominem
Antithesis
28. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Understatement
Exposition
Motif
Colloquial
29. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Colloquial
Ambiguity
Subtext
Epigraph
30. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Exposition
Extended Metaphor
Mood
31. Direct contrast or opposite
Denouement
Parody
Antithesis
Epiphany
32. Dictionary definition of a word
Conflict
Denotation
Allusion
Consonance
33. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
A Priori Reasoning
Rhetoric
Inductive Reasoning
34. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Conflict
Epigraph
Antithesis
Satire
35. Repetition of vowel sounds
Parody
Assonance
Paradox
Euphemism
36. Exaggeration
Point of attack
Connotation
Hyperbole
Subtext
37. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Epiphany
Sarcasm
Characterization
38. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Chiasmus
Eulogy
Foreshadowing
Understatement
39. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Juxtaposition
Ambiguity
Onomatopoeia
40. An overused expression
Parallelism
Cliche
Epitaph
Synecdoche
41. Emotional response of the reader
Consonance
Epiphany
Mood
Verbal Irony
42. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Verbal Irony
Paradox
Parable
Foil
43. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Parallelism
Alliteration
Personification
Denouement
44. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Inductive Reasoning
Climax
Aphorism
45. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Oxymoron
Syllogism
Anticlimax
Deductive Reasoning
46. Time and place of a story
Tone
Pathetic Fallacy
Inference
Setting
47. 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.)
Epigraph
Syllogism
Anticlimax
Zeugma
48. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Logical Fallacy
Ambiguity
Antithesis
Sarcasm
49. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Juxtaposition
A Priori Reasoning
Subtext
Motif
50. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Pedantic
Climax
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron