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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Anticlimax
Non Sequitur
Euphemism
2. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Sarcasm
Chiasmus
Oxymoron
Repetition
3. Sound words - imitative harmony
Aphorism
Enumeration
Epiphany
Onomatopoeia
4. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Consonance
Epiphany
Synecdoche
Enumeration
5. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Archetype
Figurative Language
Simile
Antithesis
6. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Allusion
Figurative Language
Allegory
Connotation
7. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Tone
Foreshadowing
Climax
Situational Irony
8. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Dramatic Irony
Point of attack
Parable
Anaphora
9. Same beginning sound
Euphemism
Flashback
Conceit
Alliteration
10. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Situational Irony
Metonymy
Denouement
11. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Antithesis
Metonymy
Euphemism
12. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Denouement
Verbal Irony
Parody
13. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Parable
Verbal Irony
Paradox
Metaphor
14. Change and growth of the character
Rhetoric
Characterization
A Priori Reasoning
Onomatopoeia
15. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Paradox
Epitaph
Sarcasm
Metonymy
16. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Understatement
Mood
Enumeration
17. An overused expression
Simile
Controlling Metaphor
Cliche
Denouement
18. A numbered list
Allegory
Enumeration
Deductive Reasoning
Repetition
19. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Eulogy
Conflict
Situational Irony
20. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Syllogism
Pathos
Sarcasm
21. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Archetype
Simile
Pathetic Fallacy
Foreshadowing
22. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Epitaph
Connotation
Subtext
Figurative Language
23. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Chiasmus
Imagery
Rhetoric
24. A moment of great revelation
Consonance
Alliteration
Epiphany
Anaphora
25. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Mood
Pathetic Fallacy
Subtext
Satire
26. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Logical Fallacy
Understatement
Anticlimax
Foil
27. A mistake in reasoning
Logical Fallacy
Dramatic Irony
Tone
Onomatopoeia
28. Emotional response of the reader
Inductive Reasoning
Pathetic Fallacy
Mood
Chiasmus
29. Repetition of vowel sounds
Allusion
Assonance
Oxymoron
Logical Fallacy
30. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Characterization
Subtext
Bathos
Flashback
31. A political comment through the use of humor
Simile
Parable
Satire
Denouement
32. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Controlling Metaphor
Mood
Zeugma
Chiasmus
33. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Irony
Anecdote
Antithesis
Dramatic Irony
34. Word choice
Diction
Foreshadowing
Inference
Parody
35. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Parallelism
Bathos
Didactic
Anticlimax
36. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Connotation
Deductive Reasoning
Syntax
Personification
37. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Inference
Denouement
Allegory
Epigraph
38. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Bathos
Logical Fallacy
Point of attack
39. A direct comparison
Characterization
Metaphor
Symbol
Non Sequitur
40. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Verbal Irony
Foil
Exposition
41. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Pedantic
Situational Irony
Subtext
Eulogy
42. An unexpected outcome
Rhetorical Question
Pun
Irony
Connotation
43. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Personification
Allegory
Tone
Dramatic Irony
44. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Conflict
Bathos
Thesis
Parody
45. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Enumeration
Verbal Irony
Zeugma
Symbol
46. Direct contrast or opposite
Repetition
Theme
Antithesis
Anticlimax
47. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Assonance
Eulogy
Inductive Reasoning
48. The underlying message
Understatement
Parody
Denotation
Theme
49. When the story begins
Anaphora
Allegory
Point of attack
Analogy
50. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Epitaph
Allegory
Satire
Conceit