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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A conclusion drawn from presented details






2. Where the audience knows more than the character






3. A formal speech praising one who has died






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






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






6. A particularly clever extended metaphor






7. Contrasting words placed together for effect






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






9. Words that create mental pictures






10. A numbered list






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






12. The recreation of regional spoken language






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






14. The answer to a question






15. Word choice






16. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






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






18. Exaggeration






19. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






20. Time and place of a story






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






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






23. 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.)






24. Word order or organization






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






26. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting






27. Unexpected outcome in the plot






28. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion






29. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






30. A story that functions on the symbolic level






31. A sermon or moralistic lecture






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






33. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






34. A political comment through the use of humor






35. Dictionary definition of a word






36. A mistake in reasoning






37. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences






38. An unexpected outcome






39. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






40. Emotional response of the reader






41. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words






42. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"






43. Events that take place before the story begins






44. An overused expression






45. Repetition of vowel sounds






46. Same beginning sound






47. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite






48. Words which evoke sorrow






49. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






50. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings