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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. An overused expression
Thesis
Assonance
Inductive Reasoning
Cliche
2. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Thesis
Conceit
Flashback
Pathetic Fallacy
3. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Satire
Cliche
Flashback
Climax
4. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Connotation
Epigraph
Subtext
Euphemism
5. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Satire
Personification
Understatement
Rhetorical Question
6. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Syntax
Onomatopoeia
Situational Irony
Rhetoric
7. Word order or organization
Chiasmus
Syntax
Understatement
Repetition
8. Same beginning sound
Apostrophe
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Denouement
9. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Homily
A Priori Reasoning
Foil
Enumeration
10. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Homily
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
Controlling Metaphor
11. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Allegory
Cliche
Sarcasm
12. A political comment through the use of humor
Enumeration
Satire
Inductive Reasoning
Flashback
13. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Parallelism
Sarcasm
Syllogism
14. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Understatement
Simile
Epitaph
Chiasmus
15. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Parody
Anticlimax
Alliteration
Didactic
16. An inscription on a tombstone
Point of attack
Aphorism
Personification
Epitaph
17. A numbered list
Situational Irony
Didactic
Eulogy
Enumeration
18. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Analogy
Jargon
Onomatopoeia
19. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Simile
Controlling Metaphor
Consonance
Syllogism
20. Direct contrast or opposite
Didactic
Characterization
Antithesis
Aphorism
21. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Simile
Oratory
Dramatic Irony
Anaphora
22. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Chiasmus
Subtext
Theme
Connotation
23. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Imagery
Inductive Reasoning
Alliteration
Denouement
24. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Irony
Personification
Pathetic Fallacy
Bathos
25. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Synecdoche
Parody
Juxtaposition
Euphemism
26. A formal - often pompous - speech
Epitaph
Oratory
Didactic
Imagery
27. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Parody
Subtext
Foil
Archetype
28. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Assonance
Tone
Metonymy
A Priori Reasoning
29. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
A Priori Reasoning
Parable
Characterization
Ad Hominem
30. Where the audience knows more than the character
Personification
Dramatic Irony
Figurative Language
Antithesis
31. The answer to a question
Repetition
Thesis
Subtext
Hyperbole
32. A short witty statement
Conceit
Aphorism
Imagery
Extended Metaphor
33. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Flashback
Verbal Irony
Analogy
Connotation
34. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Parody
Didactic
Sarcasm
Pathetic Fallacy
35. Words that create mental pictures
Syntax
Imagery
Climax
Denouement
36. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Satire
Subtext
Tone
Exposition
37. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Theme
Ad Hominem
Hyperbole
Simile
38. Words which evoke sorrow
Figurative Language
Pathos
Eulogy
Characterization
39. 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.)
Foil
Conceit
Logical Fallacy
Zeugma
40. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Onomatopoeia
Point of attack
Oratory
41. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Analogy
Verbal Irony
Subtext
Non Sequitur
42. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Dialect
Thesis
Juxtaposition
Understatement
43. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Bathos
Didactic
Epigraph
Foreshadowing
44. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Satire
Parallelism
Pedantic
Didactic
45. The use of slang in writing
Euphemism
Epiphany
Colloquial
Assonance
46. A comparison using like or as
Personification
Eulogy
Verbal Irony
Simile
47. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Anticlimax
Connotation
Anecdote
48. A formal speech praising one who has died
Denouement
Sarcasm
Eulogy
Onomatopoeia
49. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Assonance
Allegory
50. Direct contrast or opposite
Situational Irony
Antithesis
Epiphany
Inductive Reasoning