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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. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Personification
Subtext
Rhetorical Question
Connotation
2. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Enumeration
Personification
Epitaph
Rhetoric
3. A formal - often pompous - speech
Diction
Understatement
Oratory
Anticlimax
4. A numbered list
Allegory
Enumeration
Thesis
Ambiguity
5. Emotional response of the reader
Parody
Characterization
Situational Irony
Mood
6. 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.)
Allusion
Zeugma
Thesis
Conceit
7. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Cliche
Euphemism
Didactic
8. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Irony
Didactic
Conflict
Pathetic Fallacy
9. Word choice
Characterization
Diction
Oratory
Apostrophe
10. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Subtext
Onomatopoeia
Conceit
11. A short witty statement
Metonymy
Inference
Aphorism
Oratory
12. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Oxymoron
Synecdoche
Didactic
13. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Enumeration
Diction
Juxtaposition
14. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Analogy
Climax
Allusion
Logical Fallacy
15. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Aphorism
Pathetic Fallacy
Controlling Metaphor
Figurative Language
16. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Tone
Allusion
Symbol
17. Change and growth of the character
Antithesis
Non Sequitur
Characterization
Exposition
18. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Non Sequitur
Enumeration
Homily
Thesis
19. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Oxymoron
Colloquial
Pun
Epiphany
20. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Connotation
Denouement
Anaphora
Oxymoron
21. The underlying message
Situational Irony
Theme
Conceit
Alliteration
22. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Allegory
Parallelism
Exposition
23. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ambiguity
Subtext
Satire
Parable
24. Dictionary definition of a word
Parallelism
Personification
Pathos
Denotation
25. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Mood
Epiphany
Denouement
Thesis
26. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Oxymoron
Pedantic
Verbal Irony
Simile
27. Where the audience knows more than the character
Assonance
Dramatic Irony
Cliche
Conflict
28. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Antithesis
Rhetoric
Hyperbole
Homily
29. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Denotation
Ad Hominem
Zeugma
Foil
30. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Personification
Motif
Dramatic Irony
Epiphany
31. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Allusion
Flashback
Aphorism
32. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Simile
Personification
Inference
Verbal Irony
33. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Euphemism
Consonance
Understatement
Oratory
34. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Rhetorical Question
Pun
Parable
Epitaph
35. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Synecdoche
Onomatopoeia
Characterization
Metonymy
36. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Sarcasm
Climax
Synecdoche
37. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Non Sequitur
Subtext
Pun
Flashback
38. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Analogy
Simile
Alliteration
39. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Conflict
Consonance
Ad Hominem
Tone
40. Repetition of vowel sounds
Syntax
Personification
Parallelism
Assonance
41. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Epitaph
Syllogism
Colloquial
Repetition
42. Words that create mental pictures
Situational Irony
Parody
Imagery
Epigraph
43. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Irony
Controlling Metaphor
Foreshadowing
44. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Hyperbole
Irony
Parallelism
Syntax
45. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Chiasmus
Denotation
Oxymoron
46. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Syllogism
Cliche
Bathos
Mood
47. A mistake in reasoning
Logical Fallacy
Symbol
Syntax
Parallelism
48. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Homily
Parallelism
Epigraph
Pathetic Fallacy
49. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Tone
Colloquial
Motif
Controlling Metaphor
50. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Assonance
Repetition
Didactic
Anaphora