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Rhetoric Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Dictionary definition of a word






2. Repetition of vowel sounds






3. A sermon or moralistic lecture






4. A moment of great revelation






5. Change and growth of the character






6. A mistake in reasoning






7. A comparison using like or as






8. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite






9. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






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






11. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words






12. Direct contrast or opposite






13. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






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






15. The recreation of regional spoken language






16. Literary - historical - artistic reference






17. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes






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






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






20. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect






21. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






22. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






23. Word choice






24. A political comment through the use of humor






25. Emotional definition of a word






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






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






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






29. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)






30. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences






31. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






32. A numbered list






33. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






34. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"






35. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






36. Words which evoke sorrow






37. Where the audience knows more than the character






38. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






39. Sound words - imitative harmony






40. Word order or organization






41. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






42. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






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






44. An inscription on a tombstone






45. Words that create mental pictures






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






47. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






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






49. A direct comparison






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