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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting






2. A numbered list






3. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea






4. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning






5. Contrasting words placed together for effect






6. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral






7. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work






8. A formal speech praising one who has died






9. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect






10. Events that take place before the story begins






11. Literary - historical - artistic reference






12. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes






13. A comparison using like or as






14. Technical - specialized language






15. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea






16. Direct contrast or opposite






17. An inscription on a tombstone






18. An overused expression






19. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






20. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






21. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






22. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')






23. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






24. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general






25. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there






26. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)






27. A moment of great revelation






28. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






29. Emotional response of the reader






30. Time and place of a story






31. Word choice






32. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action






33. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






34. Sound words - imitative harmony






35. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






36. A sermon or moralistic lecture






37. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character






38. A political comment through the use of humor






39. A formal - often pompous - speech






40. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)






41. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous






42. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






43. A particularly clever extended metaphor






44. Emotional definition of a word






45. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen






46. An unexpected outcome






47. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






48. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure






49. Unexpected outcome in the plot






50. Where the audience knows more than the character