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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. Direct contrast or opposite
Symbol
Pathetic Fallacy
Imagery
Antithesis
2. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Conflict
Metaphor
Diction
Motif
3. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Syllogism
Antithesis
Imagery
4. Time and place of a story
Analogy
Jargon
Anaphora
Setting
5. Words which evoke sorrow
Syntax
Pathos
Satire
Eulogy
6. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Denouement
Thesis
Mood
7. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Flashback
Paradox
Satire
Antithesis
8. A direct comparison
Zeugma
Satire
Metaphor
Homily
9. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Tone
Rhetorical Question
Syllogism
Denouement
10. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Diction
Denouement
Allusion
Pathetic Fallacy
11. Direct contrast or opposite
Metonymy
Epiphany
Antithesis
Setting
12. Word choice
Diction
Anticlimax
Pun
Verbal Irony
13. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Ambiguity
Onomatopoeia
Point of attack
Non Sequitur
14. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Rhetorical Question
Epitaph
Assonance
Anecdote
15. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Controlling Metaphor
Didactic
Oxymoron
16. A mistake in reasoning
Euphemism
Logical Fallacy
Epiphany
Conceit
17. When the story begins
Dramatic Irony
Point of attack
Parody
Controlling Metaphor
18. Same ending sounds
Antithesis
Imagery
Pun
Consonance
19. Repetition of vowel sounds
Symbol
Allusion
Assonance
Subtext
20. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Synecdoche
Point of attack
Chiasmus
Subtext
21. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Homily
Symbol
Logical Fallacy
22. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Pedantic
Controlling Metaphor
Antithesis
Alliteration
23. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Anaphora
Epigraph
Syllogism
Repetition
24. Events that take place before the story begins
Logical Fallacy
Exposition
Inductive Reasoning
Anaphora
25. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Connotation
Logical Fallacy
Parable
Mood
26. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anaphora
Rhetoric
Denotation
Understatement
27. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Epitaph
Anaphora
Zeugma
Figurative Language
28. Same beginning sound
Assonance
Pathetic Fallacy
Alliteration
Anecdote
29. Emotional definition of a word
Epiphany
Connotation
Archetype
Non Sequitur
30. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Extended Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Inference
31. Word order or organization
Epigraph
Connotation
Simile
Syntax
32. A formal - often pompous - speech
A Priori Reasoning
Anticlimax
Inference
Oratory
33. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Extended Metaphor
Oxymoron
Homily
Aphorism
34. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Metonymy
Sarcasm
Denouement
Deductive Reasoning
35. A numbered list
Bathos
Enumeration
Denotation
Ad Hominem
36. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Verbal Irony
Repetition
Symbol
Euphemism
37. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
A Priori Reasoning
Zeugma
Cliche
Oxymoron
38. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Allusion
Foil
Pun
Tone
39. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Aphorism
Jargon
Inductive Reasoning
Inference
40. The recreation of regional spoken language
Archetype
Symbol
Ad Hominem
Dialect
41. A moment of great revelation
Epiphany
Conceit
Anecdote
Theme
42. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Setting
Diction
Jargon
Conceit
43. The answer to a question
Syllogism
Apostrophe
Pedantic
Thesis
44. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Sarcasm
Anticlimax
Rhetoric
Flashback
45. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Exposition
Epitaph
Non Sequitur
Ad Hominem
46. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Foil
Inference
Foreshadowing
Chiasmus
47. A short witty statement
Ad Hominem
Aphorism
Extended Metaphor
Controlling Metaphor
48. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Rhetorical Question
Oratory
Archetype
Situational Irony
49. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Pedantic
Dramatic Irony
Consonance
Analogy
50. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Dialect
Personification
Subtext
Didactic