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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. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Diction
Analogy
Tone
2. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Dramatic Irony
Ad Hominem
Assonance
Archetype
3. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Extended Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Didactic
Non Sequitur
4. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Symbol
Pun
Epiphany
5. Words that create mental pictures
Onomatopoeia
Setting
Theme
Imagery
6. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Simile
Theme
Cliche
7. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Chiasmus
Parallelism
Inference
Hyperbole
8. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Tone
Pun
Synecdoche
Homily
9. Emotional response of the reader
Mood
Non Sequitur
Paradox
Syntax
10. A comparison using like or as
Pathetic Fallacy
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Didactic
11. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Eulogy
Allusion
Anaphora
Logical Fallacy
12. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Repetition
Conflict
Setting
Mood
13. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Oratory
Dialect
Epiphany
14. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Personification
Tone
Hyperbole
15. The answer to a question
Zeugma
Thesis
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
16. Time and place of a story
Climax
Subtext
Setting
Satire
17. Direct contrast or opposite
Inference
Antithesis
Controlling Metaphor
Hyperbole
18. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Satire
Pathos
Diction
19. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Tone
Figurative Language
Inference
Repetition
20. A particularly clever extended metaphor
A Priori Reasoning
Conceit
Aphorism
Anecdote
21. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Epiphany
Ad Hominem
Situational Irony
Sarcasm
22. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Verbal Irony
Mood
Pathos
23. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Motif
Dialect
Juxtaposition
Imagery
24. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Satire
Personification
Pathetic Fallacy
Diction
25. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Eulogy
Point of attack
Sarcasm
A Priori Reasoning
26. Change and growth of the character
Allusion
Parody
Aphorism
Characterization
27. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Parallelism
Inductive Reasoning
Irony
Aphorism
28. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Pathos
Homily
Understatement
Rhetoric
29. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Sarcasm
Anticlimax
Parody
Repetition
30. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Ambiguity
Anecdote
A Priori Reasoning
31. An unexpected outcome
Jargon
Irony
Ambiguity
Simile
32. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Theme
Subtext
Foil
Synecdoche
33. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Satire
Metaphor
Subtext
Aphorism
34. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Repetition
Rhetoric
Bathos
35. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Situational Irony
Zeugma
Parallelism
36. Word order or organization
Anecdote
Simile
Archetype
Syntax
37. Emotional definition of a word
Allusion
Subtext
Connotation
Cliche
38. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Characterization
Irony
Personification
Pun
39. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Epitaph
Motif
Climax
Foreshadowing
40. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Theme
Enumeration
Ad Hominem
Exposition
41. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Logical Fallacy
Oratory
Rhetorical Question
42. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Epigraph
Verbal Irony
Hyperbole
43. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Logical Fallacy
Anaphora
Inference
44. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Satire
Tone
Analogy
Epiphany
45. A numbered list
Anecdote
Ad Hominem
Enumeration
Satire
46. The use of slang in writing
Personification
Apostrophe
Dramatic Irony
Colloquial
47. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Point of attack
Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Foreshadowing
48. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Setting
Rhetorical Question
Verbal Irony
Exposition
49. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Point of attack
Rhetorical Question
Satire
Denouement
50. Dictionary definition of a word
Conflict
Epigraph
Satire
Denotation