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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. The use of slang in writing
Juxtaposition
Colloquial
Dramatic Irony
Controlling Metaphor
2. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Tone
Pun
Foil
Archetype
3. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Sarcasm
Allusion
A Priori Reasoning
Rhetoric
4. Events that take place before the story begins
Irony
Exposition
Pathos
Bathos
5. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Anecdote
Dialect
Pathetic Fallacy
Pedantic
6. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Allusion
Assonance
Parody
Rhetoric
7. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Satire
Syllogism
Personification
Anaphora
8. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Foil
Aphorism
Anecdote
Anticlimax
9. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Allusion
Epigraph
Juxtaposition
Parable
10. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Pathos
Aphorism
Epiphany
11. Change and growth of the character
Denouement
Climax
Characterization
Epiphany
12. A moment of great revelation
Motif
Epiphany
Colloquial
Rhetoric
13. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Analogy
Rhetorical Question
Metaphor
Parable
14. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Inductive Reasoning
Aphorism
Irony
15. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Verbal Irony
Conflict
Imagery
Allegory
16. Direct contrast or opposite
Enumeration
Controlling Metaphor
Understatement
Antithesis
17. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Didactic
Verbal Irony
Bathos
Personification
18. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Paradox
Rhetoric
Non Sequitur
Didactic
19. When the story begins
Oxymoron
Point of attack
Dramatic Irony
Characterization
20. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Logical Fallacy
Paradox
Conceit
21. Time and place of a story
Metonymy
Setting
Irony
Archetype
22. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Figurative Language
Repetition
Ambiguity
23. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Situational Irony
Enumeration
Chiasmus
Hyperbole
24. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Bathos
Understatement
Figurative Language
Repetition
25. Word order or organization
Controlling Metaphor
Satire
Syntax
Pathetic Fallacy
26. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Didactic
Archetype
Anaphora
Personification
27. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Oxymoron
Synecdoche
Pathos
Ad Hominem
28. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Thesis
Understatement
Connotation
Epigraph
29. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Consonance
Tone
Mood
30. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Subtext
Archetype
Cliche
Inductive Reasoning
31. A numbered list
Figurative Language
Satire
Denouement
Enumeration
32. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Hyperbole
Epiphany
Parallelism
33. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Climax
Motif
Apostrophe
Non Sequitur
34. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Analogy
Foreshadowing
Motif
Euphemism
35. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Repetition
Rhetorical Question
Simile
Euphemism
36. Same beginning sound
Denouement
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Epitaph
37. A formal - often pompous - speech
Oratory
Assonance
Conceit
Enumeration
38. Repetition of vowel sounds
Pathetic Fallacy
Consonance
Assonance
Flashback
39. Exaggeration
Denotation
Synecdoche
Parody
Hyperbole
40. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
A Priori Reasoning
Subtext
Juxtaposition
Thesis
41. A comparison using like or as
Epitaph
Sarcasm
Simile
Oratory
42. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Homily
Personification
Anecdote
Non Sequitur
43. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Epigraph
Alliteration
Situational Irony
44. The answer to a question
Didactic
Controlling Metaphor
Epitaph
Thesis
45. An unexpected outcome
Epitaph
Mood
Irony
Rhetorical Question
46. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Synecdoche
Ambiguity
Oratory
47. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Parallelism
Motif
Homily
48. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Pun
Denouement
Motif
A Priori Reasoning
49. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Enumeration
Metonymy
Archetype
Pun
50. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Metaphor
Symbol
Bathos
Sarcasm
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