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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Juxtaposition
Synecdoche
Inductive Reasoning
Flashback
2. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Allusion
Antithesis
Figurative Language
Extended Metaphor
3. A formal - often pompous - speech
Oratory
Archetype
Allusion
Aphorism
4. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Didactic
Rhetoric
Pedantic
Denouement
5. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Antithesis
Antithesis
Flashback
Allegory
6. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Chiasmus
Jargon
Pedantic
Situational Irony
7. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Understatement
Parody
Anaphora
Tone
8. Direct contrast or opposite
Consonance
Antithesis
Analogy
Ad Hominem
9. Events that take place before the story begins
Anecdote
Exposition
Metonymy
Pedantic
10. When the story begins
Enumeration
Antithesis
Anticlimax
Point of attack
11. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Inductive Reasoning
Paradox
Consonance
Metaphor
12. Dictionary definition of a word
Synecdoche
Denotation
Subtext
Didactic
13. The answer to a question
Pathetic Fallacy
Theme
Thesis
Symbol
14. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Chiasmus
Pathetic Fallacy
Setting
Personification
15. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Chiasmus
Anecdote
Homily
Archetype
16. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Exposition
Anticlimax
Rhetorical Question
Verbal Irony
17. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Dialect
Assonance
Zeugma
18. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Foil
Epitaph
Flashback
Enumeration
19. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Didactic
Subtext
Metonymy
Extended Metaphor
20. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Pathetic Fallacy
Connotation
Allusion
21. A political comment through the use of humor
Archetype
Pathos
Satire
Anecdote
22. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Syllogism
Climax
Oxymoron
Analogy
23. Time and place of a story
A Priori Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Exposition
Setting
24. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Pathos
Satire
Allusion
25. Emotional response of the reader
Mood
Point of attack
Deductive Reasoning
Subtext
26. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Pathos
Pathetic Fallacy
Subtext
27. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Pathetic Fallacy
Antithesis
Pun
28. The use of slang in writing
Didactic
Colloquial
Parable
Syntax
29. An overused expression
Assonance
Cliche
Parody
Syntax
30. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
Tone
Ambiguity
Inference
31. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Anticlimax
Controlling Metaphor
Jargon
Hyperbole
32. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Figurative Language
Euphemism
Epitaph
Ambiguity
33. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Personification
Parable
Foreshadowing
34. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Dramatic Irony
Extended Metaphor
Cliche
Climax
35. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Parody
Ambiguity
Inductive Reasoning
Inference
36. A numbered list
Simile
Alliteration
Enumeration
Subtext
37. An unexpected outcome
Anecdote
Tone
Irony
Anticlimax
38. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Anecdote
Satire
Verbal Irony
39. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Chiasmus
Inference
Parable
Archetype
40. Words which evoke sorrow
Euphemism
Pedantic
Symbol
Pathos
41. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Sarcasm
Rhetorical Question
Metonymy
Subtext
42. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Hyperbole
Non Sequitur
Tone
Didactic
43. The underlying message
Repetition
Theme
Conceit
Parody
44. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Simile
Rhetorical Question
Conflict
Repetition
45. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Diction
Thesis
Anaphora
46. Word choice
Diction
Deductive Reasoning
Parody
Subtext
47. Word order or organization
Setting
Verbal Irony
Syntax
Inductive Reasoning
48. Where the audience knows more than the character
Hyperbole
Dramatic Irony
Controlling Metaphor
Personification
49. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Zeugma
Cliche
Eulogy
50. A formal speech praising one who has died
Apostrophe
Syntax
Eulogy
Pedantic