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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. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Dialect
Epitaph
Archetype
Paradox
2. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Conflict
Epitaph
Jargon
3. 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.)
Point of attack
Zeugma
Thesis
Anaphora
4. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Parody
Climax
Satire
5. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Cliche
Satire
Imagery
6. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Ad Hominem
Characterization
Jargon
Paradox
7. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Logical Fallacy
Characterization
Diction
Pun
8. Words which evoke sorrow
Personification
Zeugma
Pathos
Mood
9. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Mood
Logical Fallacy
Synecdoche
Hyperbole
10. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Bathos
Situational Irony
Thesis
Rhetorical Question
11. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Denouement
Conceit
Archetype
12. A numbered list
Colloquial
Enumeration
Parallelism
Analogy
13. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Chiasmus
Diction
Syntax
14. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Tone
Bathos
Analogy
Rhetoric
15. Exaggeration
Euphemism
Logical Fallacy
Hyperbole
Repetition
16. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Pathos
Mood
Subtext
Tone
17. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Situational Irony
Homily
Inference
18. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Imagery
Inference
Synecdoche
19. The underlying message
Theme
Climax
Imagery
Simile
20. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Oxymoron
Understatement
Conceit
Parody
21. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Simile
Epiphany
Denotation
Inference
22. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Cliche
Inductive Reasoning
Anaphora
Theme
23. Sound words - imitative harmony
Climax
Onomatopoeia
Cliche
Foil
24. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Syllogism
Chiasmus
Inference
Imagery
25. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Figurative Language
Controlling Metaphor
Pathos
Ambiguity
26. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Eulogy
Irony
Allegory
27. When the story begins
Pathos
Enumeration
Point of attack
Ad Hominem
28. Change and growth of the character
Figurative Language
Colloquial
Characterization
Logical Fallacy
29. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dramatic Irony
Inductive Reasoning
Point of attack
Synecdoche
30. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Zeugma
Extended Metaphor
Ambiguity
Apostrophe
31. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Aphorism
Juxtaposition
Pathetic Fallacy
Anaphora
32. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Dramatic Irony
Denotation
Didactic
A Priori Reasoning
33. Events that take place before the story begins
Imagery
Analogy
Exposition
Onomatopoeia
34. Word choice
Anecdote
Diction
Euphemism
Deductive Reasoning
35. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Subtext
Chiasmus
Conceit
36. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Parody
Theme
Logical Fallacy
37. A mistake in reasoning
Logical Fallacy
Synecdoche
Antithesis
Assonance
38. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Oratory
Pathos
Irony
39. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Pathos
Allusion
Understatement
Inference
40. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Anticlimax
Diction
Non Sequitur
Allusion
41. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Climax
Euphemism
Assonance
Motif
42. An inscription on a tombstone
Cliche
Metonymy
Ad Hominem
Epitaph
43. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Inductive Reasoning
Enumeration
Anecdote
Setting
44. Same beginning sound
Flashback
Diction
Alliteration
Sarcasm
45. The recreation of regional spoken language
Zeugma
Exposition
Dialect
Subtext
46. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Dramatic Irony
Zeugma
Cliche
47. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Conflict
Understatement
Extended Metaphor
Colloquial
48. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Point of attack
Subtext
Non Sequitur
Sarcasm
49. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Verbal Irony
Subtext
Syllogism
Consonance
50. Direct contrast or opposite
Hyperbole
Foil
Tone
Antithesis