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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. An unexpected outcome
Point of attack
Irony
Epigraph
Flashback
2. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Denouement
Bathos
Homily
Parody
3. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
A Priori Reasoning
Juxtaposition
Rhetoric
Dialect
4. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Pedantic
Subtext
Oxymoron
Epitaph
5. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Cliche
Irony
Apostrophe
Tone
6. A mistake in reasoning
Controlling Metaphor
Pathetic Fallacy
Thesis
Logical Fallacy
7. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Apostrophe
Foil
Foreshadowing
Rhetorical Question
8. A short witty statement
Didactic
Denouement
Archetype
Aphorism
9. A numbered list
Enumeration
Satire
Connotation
Non Sequitur
10. Time and place of a story
Consonance
Setting
Apostrophe
Characterization
11. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Syntax
Epitaph
Metaphor
Parable
12. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Allusion
Pathetic Fallacy
Oratory
Symbol
13. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Imagery
Ad Hominem
A Priori Reasoning
Foil
14. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Anaphora
Eulogy
Repetition
Apostrophe
15. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ambiguity
Archetype
Verbal Irony
Thesis
16. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Connotation
Characterization
Personification
Denotation
17. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Conflict
Synecdoche
Understatement
Allusion
18. A comparison using like or as
Diction
Simile
Cliche
Syntax
19. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Personification
Chiasmus
Subtext
Flashback
20. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Anecdote
Conflict
Verbal Irony
Subtext
21. Technical - specialized language
Didactic
Zeugma
Jargon
Alliteration
22. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Figurative Language
Archetype
Pun
Allegory
23. Words that create mental pictures
Figurative Language
Parody
Imagery
Diction
24. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Sarcasm
Repetition
Allegory
Conceit
25. When the story begins
Figurative Language
Point of attack
Antithesis
Conflict
26. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Rhetoric
A Priori Reasoning
Tone
Oxymoron
27. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Personification
Foil
Synecdoche
Dialect
28. The answer to a question
Oxymoron
Epitaph
Imagery
Thesis
29. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Cliche
Epiphany
Analogy
Oxymoron
30. Sound words - imitative harmony
Analogy
Cliche
Onomatopoeia
Aphorism
31. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Oxymoron
Pathos
Rhetoric
Onomatopoeia
32. Emotional definition of a word
Connotation
Setting
Epiphany
Logical Fallacy
33. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Allegory
Bathos
Enumeration
Parody
34. Events that take place before the story begins
Repetition
Sarcasm
Exposition
Paradox
35. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Situational Irony
Alliteration
Enumeration
Conceit
36. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Assonance
Hyperbole
Anaphora
Ad Hominem
37. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Tone
Euphemism
Didactic
Rhetorical Question
38. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Flashback
Parody
Antithesis
39. A moment of great revelation
Symbol
Rhetorical Question
Anticlimax
Epiphany
40. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Inference
Mood
Satire
41. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Exposition
Anticlimax
Figurative Language
Epigraph
42. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Verbal Irony
Rhetorical Question
Oxymoron
Epitaph
43. Word order or organization
Symbol
Pathos
Flashback
Syntax
44. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Allegory
Characterization
Enumeration
45. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Ad Hominem
Connotation
Denouement
Anecdote
46. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Extended Metaphor
Homily
Parable
Anaphora
47. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Jargon
Point of attack
Ad Hominem
Paradox
48. An overused expression
Cliche
Imagery
Parody
Antithesis
49. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Zeugma
Homily
Sarcasm
Parallelism
50. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Homily
Allusion
A Priori Reasoning
Paradox
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