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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. A short witty statement
A Priori Reasoning
Personification
Aphorism
Epigraph
2. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Controlling Metaphor
Deductive Reasoning
Archetype
Foreshadowing
3. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Oratory
Connotation
A Priori Reasoning
Epigraph
4. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Chiasmus
Analogy
Epigraph
Characterization
5. A direct comparison
Conceit
Pun
Metaphor
Theme
6. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Metonymy
Antithesis
Inductive Reasoning
Alliteration
7. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Inference
Chiasmus
Bathos
Anticlimax
8. Emotional response of the reader
Irony
Mood
Antithesis
Pathos
9. Exaggeration
Anecdote
Hyperbole
Theme
Synecdoche
10. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Point of attack
Oxymoron
Diction
11. A mistake in reasoning
Paradox
Logical Fallacy
Epitaph
Imagery
12. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Controlling Metaphor
Flashback
Climax
Epiphany
13. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Motif
Oxymoron
Consonance
14. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Eulogy
Rhetoric
Conceit
15. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Characterization
Flashback
Dramatic Irony
Epigraph
16. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Symbol
Metonymy
Pedantic
Assonance
17. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ambiguity
Theme
Exposition
Onomatopoeia
18. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parody
Diction
Parallelism
Rhetorical Question
19. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Theme
Symbol
Eulogy
Ad Hominem
20. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Ad Hominem
Pun
Motif
21. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Jargon
Pedantic
Allusion
Situational Irony
22. An inscription on a tombstone
Dramatic Irony
Imagery
Exposition
Epitaph
23. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Eulogy
Denouement
Diction
Characterization
24. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Parallelism
Thesis
Antithesis
25. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Aphorism
Antithesis
Rhetoric
26. Where the audience knows more than the character
Anaphora
Jargon
Archetype
Dramatic Irony
27. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Rhetorical Question
Parody
Anaphora
Allusion
28. Direct contrast or opposite
Rhetoric
Controlling Metaphor
Figurative Language
Antithesis
29. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Irony
Imagery
Subtext
30. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Simile
Synecdoche
Verbal Irony
Allusion
31. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Pathetic Fallacy
Euphemism
Pedantic
32. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Enumeration
Pathos
Foil
Juxtaposition
33. The answer to a question
Allusion
Thesis
Alliteration
Characterization
34. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Assonance
Analogy
Synecdoche
Pedantic
35. Word choice
Alliteration
Dialect
Diction
Parody
36. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Epiphany
Metonymy
Inference
Foreshadowing
37. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Euphemism
Juxtaposition
Aphorism
38. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Aphorism
Anecdote
Deductive Reasoning
Pedantic
39. Sound words - imitative harmony
Dialect
Aphorism
Pathetic Fallacy
Onomatopoeia
40. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Anaphora
Synecdoche
Juxtaposition
Controlling Metaphor
41. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Pun
Anecdote
Didactic
Consonance
42. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Antithesis
Assonance
Homily
Didactic
43. Change and growth of the character
Pathos
Epiphany
Characterization
Controlling Metaphor
44. Emotional definition of a word
Bathos
Motif
Situational Irony
Connotation
45. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Pedantic
Conflict
Symbol
46. When the story begins
Chiasmus
Deductive Reasoning
Cliche
Point of attack
47. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Conflict
Archetype
Setting
Extended Metaphor
48. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Understatement
Flashback
Exposition
49. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Conflict
Assonance
Synecdoche
Pathetic Fallacy
50. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
A Priori Reasoning
Exposition
Archetype
Anaphora