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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. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






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






3. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






4. Direct contrast or opposite






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






6. Contrasting words placed together for effect






7. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






8. Same ending sounds






9. A short witty statement






10. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')






11. A formal speech praising one who has died






12. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






13. Emotional definition of a word






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






15. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous






16. Technical - specialized language






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






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






19. Emotional response of the reader






20. Sound words - imitative harmony






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






22. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






23. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea






24. Where the audience knows more than the character






25. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






26. A particularly clever extended metaphor






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






28. Word choice






29. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






30. Words which evoke sorrow






31. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme






32. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character






33. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)






34. The answer to a question






35. Exaggeration






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






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






38. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure






39. A numbered list






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






41. A formal - often pompous - speech






42. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






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






44. A moment of great revelation






45. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite






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






47. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






48. An inscription on a tombstone






49. Time and place of a story






50. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is