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






2. Word order or organization






3. A comparison using like or as






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






5. A formal speech praising one who has died






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






7. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






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






9. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






10. An unexpected outcome






11. Contrasting words placed together for effect






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






13. A sermon or moralistic lecture






14. A story that functions on the symbolic level






15. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






16. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






17. Same beginning sound






18. A numbered list






19. Unexpected outcome in the plot






20. Repetition of vowel sounds






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






22. A formal - often pompous - speech






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






24. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






25. An overused expression






26. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






27. Events that take place before the story begins






28. The answer to a question






29. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






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






31. A short witty statement






32. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






33. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous






34. Where the audience knows more than the character






35. Technical - specialized language






36. A political comment through the use of humor






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






38. A moment of great revelation






39. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






40. Time and place of a story






41. Direct contrast or opposite






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






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






44. Words that create mental pictures






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






46. Emotional definition of a word






47. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






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






49. A particularly clever extended metaphor






50. The recreation of regional spoken language