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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. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Foreshadowing
Zeugma
Jargon
2. Change and growth of the character
Foil
Symbol
Characterization
Allusion
3. A formal - often pompous - speech
Anecdote
Syllogism
Characterization
Oratory
4. A political comment through the use of humor
Dialect
Satire
Didactic
Apostrophe
5. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Metaphor
Exposition
Foil
Sarcasm
6. Same beginning sound
Pathetic Fallacy
Epigraph
Non Sequitur
Alliteration
7. A mistake in reasoning
Verbal Irony
Aphorism
Foreshadowing
Logical Fallacy
8. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Antithesis
Oratory
Ambiguity
Consonance
9. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Antithesis
Verbal Irony
Oxymoron
Conceit
10. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Rhetorical Question
Pun
Metonymy
Epiphany
11. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Controlling Metaphor
Theme
Paradox
Allusion
12. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Imagery
Anaphora
Figurative Language
Non Sequitur
13. Repetition of vowel sounds
Extended Metaphor
Epigraph
Assonance
Dialect
14. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Extended Metaphor
Juxtaposition
Euphemism
Syllogism
15. Dictionary definition of a word
Jargon
Climax
Allusion
Denotation
16. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Figurative Language
Pathos
Paradox
Alliteration
17. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Theme
Rhetoric
Alliteration
Chiasmus
18. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Analogy
Archetype
Satire
Anaphora
19. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Cliche
Anaphora
Jargon
Repetition
20. The underlying message
Simile
Theme
Verbal Irony
Chiasmus
21. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Characterization
Denouement
Pathetic Fallacy
Foreshadowing
22. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Pedantic
Figurative Language
Flashback
Parallelism
23. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Antithesis
Pedantic
Anaphora
Syntax
24. Time and place of a story
Inference
Setting
Rhetorical Question
Aphorism
25. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Symbol
Anticlimax
Anecdote
Metonymy
26. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Climax
Denouement
Controlling Metaphor
Deductive Reasoning
27. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Dramatic Irony
Understatement
Juxtaposition
Metaphor
28. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Epitaph
Tone
Consonance
Climax
29. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Irony
Allegory
Epitaph
30. 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.)
Simile
Inference
Zeugma
Synecdoche
31. Direct contrast or opposite
Parody
Antithesis
Deductive Reasoning
Flashback
32. Word choice
Parable
Parallelism
Diction
Parody
33. The recreation of regional spoken language
Dialect
Allegory
Epitaph
Setting
34. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Foil
Parable
Motif
Anecdote
35. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Non Sequitur
Point of attack
Personification
Parable
36. A numbered list
Pathos
Flashback
Deductive Reasoning
Enumeration
37. Words which evoke sorrow
Pun
Pedantic
Pathos
Alliteration
38. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Imagery
Characterization
Oxymoron
Dialect
39. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Archetype
Tone
Thesis
Cliche
40. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Epigraph
Homily
Consonance
Oxymoron
41. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Rhetorical Question
Inference
Jargon
Syllogism
42. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Pun
Controlling Metaphor
Bathos
Allegory
43. An inscription on a tombstone
Extended Metaphor
Epitaph
Dialect
Foreshadowing
44. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anaphora
Deductive Reasoning
Tone
Apostrophe
45. A short witty statement
Inductive Reasoning
Aphorism
Pun
Parable
46. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Point of attack
Pathetic Fallacy
Sarcasm
Synecdoche
47. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Jargon
Motif
Verbal Irony
Personification
48. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Situational Irony
Conceit
Bathos
Consonance
49. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Non Sequitur
Assonance
Oxymoron
50. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Alliteration
Climax
Foil