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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 formal speech praising one who has died
Assonance
A Priori Reasoning
Irony
Eulogy
2. Events that take place before the story begins
Rhetorical Question
Imagery
Exposition
Conceit
3. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Denotation
Pun
Paradox
Deductive Reasoning
4. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Pathos
Thesis
Ad Hominem
5. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Inductive Reasoning
Anaphora
Inference
Oratory
6. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Conceit
Foil
Pathetic Fallacy
7. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Parallelism
Inference
Juxtaposition
8. When the story begins
Point of attack
Allusion
Homily
Pedantic
9. Word choice
Flashback
Pedantic
Diction
Eulogy
10. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Apostrophe
Sarcasm
Archetype
Irony
11. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Consonance
Simile
Ad Hominem
12. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Archetype
Anecdote
Setting
13. Change and growth of the character
Enumeration
Non Sequitur
Characterization
Repetition
14. Dictionary definition of a word
Assonance
Denotation
Euphemism
Anaphora
15. A comparison using like or as
Non Sequitur
Foreshadowing
Simile
Syllogism
16. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Alliteration
Conceit
Exposition
17. Words that create mental pictures
Foreshadowing
Cliche
Inference
Imagery
18. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Diction
Anaphora
Juxtaposition
Bathos
19. Time and place of a story
Parody
Ambiguity
Setting
Irony
20. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Homily
Conceit
Pedantic
Non Sequitur
21. Word order or organization
Euphemism
Syntax
Symbol
Conflict
22. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Metonymy
Extended Metaphor
Characterization
Consonance
23. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Pathos
Non Sequitur
Syntax
Denotation
24. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Denouement
Homily
Simile
Verbal Irony
25. Repetition of vowel sounds
Extended Metaphor
Assonance
Theme
Climax
26. The answer to a question
Thesis
Rhetoric
Motif
Dramatic Irony
27. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Simile
Sarcasm
Pathetic Fallacy
Theme
28. Same beginning sound
Cliche
Theme
Alliteration
Ambiguity
29. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Homily
Setting
Simile
30. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Logical Fallacy
Archetype
Bathos
Euphemism
31. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Conflict
Understatement
Dialect
A Priori Reasoning
32. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Colloquial
A Priori Reasoning
Ambiguity
Non Sequitur
33. An overused expression
Metonymy
Cliche
Oxymoron
Exposition
34. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Bathos
Subtext
Sarcasm
Climax
35. The recreation of regional spoken language
Personification
Cliche
Dialect
Epiphany
36. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
A Priori Reasoning
Ambiguity
Conflict
Zeugma
37. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Pedantic
Anecdote
Setting
38. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Personification
Analogy
Foreshadowing
Synecdoche
39. Words which evoke sorrow
Epiphany
Dialect
Consonance
Pathos
40. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Euphemism
Subtext
Assonance
41. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Situational Irony
Apostrophe
Characterization
Climax
42. A type of pun where the use of a word modifies two or more words - but used for different meanings (On the fishing trip - he caught three trout and a cold.)
Zeugma
Motif
Synecdoche
Apostrophe
43. A short witty statement
Subtext
Homily
Aphorism
Hyperbole
44. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Dramatic Irony
Denouement
Satire
Epiphany
45. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Satire
Diction
Foil
Bathos
46. Direct contrast or opposite
Colloquial
Antithesis
Logical Fallacy
Ad Hominem
47. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Enumeration
Parable
Anticlimax
Juxtaposition
48. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Pedantic
Euphemism
Eulogy
A Priori Reasoning
49. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Diction
Jargon
Rhetoric
Motif
50. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Imagery
Inference
Flashback
Allusion