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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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1. Where the audience knows more than the character






2. Emotional response of the reader






3. Change and growth of the character






4. Emotional definition of a word






5. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






6. Dictionary definition of a word






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






8. Word order or organization






9. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting






10. Exaggeration






11. Repetition of vowel sounds






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






13. A formal speech praising one who has died






14. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious






15. A short witty statement






16. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






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






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






19. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






20. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






21. An inscription on a tombstone






22. Literary - historical - artistic reference






23. Contrasting words placed together for effect






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






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






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






27. The recreation of regional spoken language






28. A direct comparison






29. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)






30. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






31. Same beginning sound






32. Events that take place before the story begins






33. A moment of great revelation






34. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general






35. The underlying message






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






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






38. When the story begins






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






40. Word choice






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






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






43. An overused expression






44. Direct contrast or opposite






45. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






46. A comparison using like or as






47. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






48. Same ending sounds






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






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