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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The use of slang in writing






2. Word choice






3. Time and place of a story






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






5. A conclusion drawn from presented details






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






7. Where the audience knows more than the character






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






9. A short witty statement






10. When the story begins






11. A formal speech praising one who has died






12. 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.)






13. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






14. Same ending sounds






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






16. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd






17. Change and growth of the character






18. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






19. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)






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






21. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






22. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is






23. Words that create mental pictures






24. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






25. An inscription on a tombstone






26. Literary - historical - artistic reference






27. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character






28. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






29. A sermon or moralistic lecture






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






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






32. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






33. A mistake in reasoning






34. Exaggeration






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






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






37. A comparison using like or as






38. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






39. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






40. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion






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






42. Same beginning sound






43. Emotional response of the reader






44. A story that functions on the symbolic level






45. Dictionary definition of a word






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






47. Word order or organization






48. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






49. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences






50. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific