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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. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Jargon
Pedantic
Syllogism
Anaphora
2. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Epiphany
Rhetoric
Connotation
Parallelism
3. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Foreshadowing
Inference
Motif
Parody
4. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Climax
Synecdoche
Parallelism
Antithesis
5. The underlying message
Non Sequitur
Theme
Allusion
Hyperbole
6. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Simile
Ad Hominem
Denotation
7. A comparison using like or as
Irony
Setting
Pedantic
Simile
8. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Dialect
Cliche
Epiphany
9. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Flashback
Personification
Epigraph
10. Word choice
Jargon
Diction
Rhetorical Question
Conceit
11. Exaggeration
Anecdote
Paradox
Subtext
Hyperbole
12. Technical - specialized language
Jargon
Pun
Epigraph
Subtext
13. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Extended Metaphor
Anticlimax
Syllogism
Pun
14. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Juxtaposition
Inductive Reasoning
Cliche
Denotation
15. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Chiasmus
Understatement
Repetition
Metonymy
16. Direct contrast or opposite
Setting
Antithesis
Parody
Pathetic Fallacy
17. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Chiasmus
Figurative Language
Metaphor
Verbal Irony
18. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Conflict
Rhetorical Question
Ambiguity
Verbal Irony
19. Dictionary definition of a word
Subtext
Denotation
Aphorism
Thesis
20. Repetition of vowel sounds
Homily
Synecdoche
Eulogy
Assonance
21. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Apostrophe
Anticlimax
Metonymy
Pedantic
22. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Epigraph
Non Sequitur
Allusion
Exposition
23. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Sarcasm
Thesis
Cliche
Colloquial
24. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Epiphany
Deductive Reasoning
Consonance
25. A numbered list
Symbol
Non Sequitur
Enumeration
Eulogy
26. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Aphorism
Eulogy
Anticlimax
Homily
27. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Parody
A Priori Reasoning
Anticlimax
Epiphany
28. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Parable
Non Sequitur
Analogy
29. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Figurative Language
Zeugma
30. An inscription on a tombstone
Jargon
Bathos
Epitaph
Foil
31. 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.)
Synecdoche
Zeugma
Mood
Epiphany
32. A moment of great revelation
Conceit
Motif
Point of attack
Epiphany
33. A direct comparison
Dramatic Irony
Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
Anaphora
34. A mistake in reasoning
Logical Fallacy
Onomatopoeia
Epitaph
Syllogism
35. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ambiguity
Personification
Diction
Juxtaposition
36. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Euphemism
Apostrophe
Thesis
Metaphor
37. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Theme
Pun
Paradox
Subtext
38. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Repetition
Oratory
Controlling Metaphor
Colloquial
39. Same beginning sound
Ad Hominem
Metaphor
Motif
Alliteration
40. Where the audience knows more than the character
Pedantic
Apostrophe
Onomatopoeia
Dramatic Irony
41. Change and growth of the character
Oratory
Symbol
Extended Metaphor
Characterization
42. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Deductive Reasoning
Point of attack
43. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Foil
Euphemism
Cliche
Syllogism
44. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Synecdoche
Oratory
Aphorism
Tone
45. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Alliteration
Inference
Figurative Language
Didactic
46. A formal - often pompous - speech
Climax
Oratory
Characterization
Ambiguity
47. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Pathos
Analogy
Pathetic Fallacy
Motif
48. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Anaphora
Homily
Chiasmus
49. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Oratory
Foil
Euphemism
Point of attack
50. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Chiasmus
Assonance
Subtext
Pun