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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. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






2. Sound words - imitative harmony






3. An unexpected outcome






4. The answer to a question






5. Technical - specialized language






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






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






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






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






10. Words that create mental pictures






11. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral






12. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point






13. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)






14. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






15. When the story begins






16. A mistake in reasoning






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






18. Time and place of a story






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






20. Exaggeration






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






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






23. Direct contrast or opposite






24. Word order or organization






25. A moment of great revelation






26. The underlying message






27. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas






28. A particularly clever extended metaphor






29. A direct comparison






30. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes






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






32. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect






33. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work






34. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea






35. A short witty statement






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






37. Same ending sounds






38. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






39. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning






40. A formal - often pompous - speech






41. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story






42. Repetition of vowel sounds






43. A formal speech praising one who has died






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






45. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






46. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)






47. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)






48. The recreation of regional spoken language






49. Change and growth of the character






50. A comparison using like or as