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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. The recreation of regional spoken language
Foreshadowing
Connotation
Parable
Dialect
2. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Satire
Homily
Dramatic Irony
Eulogy
3. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Exposition
Figurative Language
Anecdote
4. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Allusion
Chiasmus
5. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Understatement
Simile
Diction
6. Sound words - imitative harmony
Onomatopoeia
Extended Metaphor
Allusion
Consonance
7. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Personification
Denouement
Ambiguity
Mood
8. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Denouement
Tone
Hyperbole
Pathetic Fallacy
9. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Epiphany
Consonance
Repetition
Cliche
10. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Subtext
Syntax
Non Sequitur
Repetition
11. Repetition of vowel sounds
Epitaph
Assonance
Ambiguity
Syllogism
12. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Euphemism
Anecdote
Dialect
Repetition
13. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Foreshadowing
Satire
Personification
Metaphor
14. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Enumeration
Ad Hominem
Parable
15. Exaggeration
Epigraph
Conflict
Juxtaposition
Hyperbole
16. Direct contrast or opposite
Simile
Syntax
Antithesis
Inductive Reasoning
17. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Assonance
Inductive Reasoning
Denouement
Euphemism
18. Same beginning sound
Situational Irony
Theme
Alliteration
Setting
19. Dictionary definition of a word
Characterization
Denotation
Bathos
Pun
20. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Didactic
Subtext
Sarcasm
Conceit
21. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Apostrophe
Colloquial
Onomatopoeia
22. Words which evoke sorrow
Thesis
Pathos
Theme
A Priori Reasoning
23. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Repetition
Colloquial
Parable
Consonance
24. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Antithesis
Paradox
Foil
Figurative Language
25. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Apostrophe
Subtext
Motif
Repetition
26. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Motif
Analogy
Antithesis
Didactic
27. A political comment through the use of humor
Deductive Reasoning
Ambiguity
Satire
Theme
28. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Verbal Irony
Synecdoche
Pun
Anticlimax
29. A formal - often pompous - speech
Situational Irony
Oratory
Conflict
Pun
30. 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.)
Logical Fallacy
Conflict
Pun
Zeugma
31. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Parable
Bathos
Deductive Reasoning
Eulogy
32. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Anaphora
Climax
Allusion
33. When the story begins
Deductive Reasoning
Point of attack
Onomatopoeia
Pathetic Fallacy
34. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Simile
Mood
Dialect
Rhetoric
35. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Denotation
Repetition
Hyperbole
Pedantic
36. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Syllogism
Connotation
Situational Irony
37. Emotional definition of a word
Controlling Metaphor
Connotation
Flashback
Bathos
38. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
A Priori Reasoning
Colloquial
Pathos
39. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
A Priori Reasoning
Rhetorical Question
Diction
Pedantic
40. Time and place of a story
Setting
Eulogy
Apostrophe
Didactic
41. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Logical Fallacy
Tone
Climax
Simile
42. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Simile
Pun
Rhetoric
Apostrophe
43. Direct contrast or opposite
Point of attack
Connotation
Antithesis
Onomatopoeia
44. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Syntax
Satire
Dramatic Irony
45. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Jargon
Denouement
Situational Irony
Subtext
46. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dramatic Irony
Allegory
Metonymy
Foreshadowing
47. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Satire
Inductive Reasoning
Conflict
Connotation
48. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Ad Hominem
Assonance
Exposition
49. The answer to a question
Tone
Consonance
Thesis
Subtext
50. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Theme
Ambiguity
Zeugma