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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. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Parable
Denouement
Foil
Rhetorical Question
2. The recreation of regional spoken language
Anaphora
Denotation
Anticlimax
Dialect
3. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Conceit
Homily
Anaphora
Syllogism
4. Exaggeration
Allegory
Juxtaposition
Exposition
Hyperbole
5. Direct contrast or opposite
Exposition
Didactic
Dramatic Irony
Antithesis
6. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Assonance
Antithesis
Imagery
7. Technical - specialized language
Jargon
Paradox
Anecdote
Colloquial
8. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Colloquial
Eulogy
Understatement
9. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Anticlimax
Ad Hominem
Subtext
10. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Climax
Anecdote
Deductive Reasoning
Foreshadowing
11. Time and place of a story
Setting
Understatement
Epitaph
Dramatic Irony
12. Word choice
Deductive Reasoning
Dramatic Irony
Diction
Assonance
13. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Didactic
Onomatopoeia
Synecdoche
Rhetorical Question
14. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Mood
Antithesis
Assonance
Paradox
15. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Allusion
Metonymy
Deductive Reasoning
Homily
16. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Jargon
Eulogy
Archetype
Anticlimax
17. Same ending sounds
Satire
Consonance
Eulogy
Oratory
18. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Eulogy
Pathetic Fallacy
Colloquial
Tone
19. A formal speech praising one who has died
Colloquial
Personification
Eulogy
Analogy
20. A direct comparison
Connotation
Enumeration
Inference
Metaphor
21. Same beginning sound
Symbol
Apostrophe
Metonymy
Alliteration
22. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Parody
Rhetoric
Allusion
Juxtaposition
23. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Synecdoche
Logical Fallacy
Controlling Metaphor
Didactic
24. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Colloquial
Point of attack
Apostrophe
A Priori Reasoning
25. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Foil
Cliche
Consonance
26. Words which evoke sorrow
Tone
Pathos
Deductive Reasoning
Anecdote
27. A mistake in reasoning
Chiasmus
Metonymy
Climax
Logical Fallacy
28. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Subtext
Parable
Foil
Mood
29. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Mood
Anecdote
Exposition
30. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Juxtaposition
Enumeration
Alliteration
Oxymoron
31. A numbered list
Antithesis
Thesis
Archetype
Enumeration
32. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Alliteration
A Priori Reasoning
Juxtaposition
Subtext
33. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Personification
Situational Irony
Didactic
34. Change and growth of the character
Non Sequitur
Antithesis
Characterization
Metonymy
35. An unexpected outcome
Ambiguity
Parable
Irony
Situational Irony
36. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Onomatopoeia
Archetype
Homily
Analogy
37. The underlying message
Epiphany
Symbol
Pedantic
Theme
38. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Inference
Apostrophe
Repetition
Connotation
39. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Analogy
Climax
Oxymoron
Repetition
40. A moment of great revelation
Denouement
Epiphany
Inference
Repetition
41. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Symbol
Irony
Pun
Assonance
42. Direct contrast or opposite
Pun
Rhetorical Question
Antithesis
Tone
43. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Syllogism
Imagery
Controlling Metaphor
44. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Denotation
Controlling Metaphor
Situational Irony
Analogy
45. Sound words - imitative harmony
Pathos
Situational Irony
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
46. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
A Priori Reasoning
Satire
Rhetoric
47. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Antithesis
Dialect
Euphemism
Parable
48. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Oratory
Sarcasm
Setting
Repetition
49. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Consonance
Apostrophe
Exposition
Diction
50. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Extended Metaphor
Syllogism
Bathos