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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. Direct contrast or opposite
Epigraph
Antithesis
Inductive Reasoning
Exposition
2. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Rhetorical Question
Antithesis
Epigraph
Analogy
3. When the story begins
Point of attack
Deductive Reasoning
Parallelism
Motif
4. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Hyperbole
Colloquial
Anecdote
5. Where the audience knows more than the character
Homily
Dramatic Irony
Denouement
Sarcasm
6. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Anaphora
Cliche
Antithesis
7. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Archetype
Ad Hominem
Oratory
Anecdote
8. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Foreshadowing
Paradox
Archetype
Oxymoron
9. An inscription on a tombstone
Inference
Verbal Irony
Dialect
Epitaph
10. An unexpected outcome
Inference
Irony
Subtext
Homily
11. A moment of great revelation
Epiphany
Dialect
Pathetic Fallacy
Jargon
12. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Repetition
Parallelism
Epigraph
Syllogism
13. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Sarcasm
Parable
Repetition
Analogy
14. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Conflict
Flashback
Deductive Reasoning
Rhetorical Question
15. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Denouement
Epiphany
Point of attack
16. A short witty statement
Syntax
Exposition
Understatement
Aphorism
17. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Thesis
Syllogism
Euphemism
Understatement
18. Events that take place before the story begins
Rhetorical Question
Irony
Exposition
Subtext
19. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Antithesis
Pathos
Homily
Denotation
20. Technical - specialized language
Jargon
Tone
Euphemism
Oratory
21. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Chiasmus
Subtext
Juxtaposition
Subtext
22. Emotional response of the reader
Diction
Mood
Jargon
Pedantic
23. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Sarcasm
Anecdote
Symbol
Allusion
24. Words which evoke sorrow
Syntax
Hyperbole
Foreshadowing
Pathos
25. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Symbol
Epitaph
Allusion
Foreshadowing
26. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Diction
Controlling Metaphor
Conceit
27. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Parallelism
Colloquial
Point of attack
Didactic
28. Direct contrast or opposite
Eulogy
Antithesis
Simile
Allusion
29. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Archetype
Dramatic Irony
Bathos
Synecdoche
30. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Foil
Zeugma
Syntax
31. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Conceit
Synecdoche
Analogy
Denouement
32. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Archetype
Epiphany
Pun
Parable
33. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Consonance
Exposition
Understatement
Bathos
34. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Assonance
Colloquial
35. A political comment through the use of humor
Subtext
Inductive Reasoning
Satire
Logical Fallacy
36. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Metaphor
Anaphora
Verbal Irony
Epitaph
37. The underlying message
Didactic
Pedantic
Subtext
Theme
38. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Chiasmus
Subtext
Extended Metaphor
Oxymoron
39. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Pathetic Fallacy
Homily
Ambiguity
Oxymoron
40. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Parody
Hyperbole
Chiasmus
Symbol
41. Time and place of a story
Setting
Tone
Conflict
Pedantic
42. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Mood
Figurative Language
Epiphany
Sarcasm
43. A direct comparison
Subtext
Tone
Metaphor
Apostrophe
44. Emotional definition of a word
Pedantic
Foil
Anticlimax
Connotation
45. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Oxymoron
Climax
Colloquial
Setting
46. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Dramatic Irony
Conceit
Antithesis
Synecdoche
47. An overused expression
Metaphor
Cliche
Ad Hominem
Pathetic Fallacy
48. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
Logical Fallacy
Epitaph
Foil
49. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Point of attack
Rhetorical Question
Thesis
Dramatic Irony
50. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Juxtaposition
Parody
Synecdoche