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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Emotional response of the reader
Antithesis
Satire
Mood
Dramatic Irony
2. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Satire
Subtext
Ambiguity
Epitaph
3. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Hyperbole
Tone
Irony
4. Technical - specialized language
Apostrophe
Jargon
Diction
Simile
5. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Pedantic
Repetition
Syntax
Didactic
6. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Parallelism
Simile
Bathos
Rhetorical Question
7. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Anticlimax
Exposition
Dialect
Figurative Language
8. Word order or organization
Inductive Reasoning
Pun
Syntax
Parody
9. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Controlling Metaphor
Subtext
Personification
Conceit
10. A moment of great revelation
Flashback
Epiphany
Subtext
Denouement
11. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Homily
Verbal Irony
Conceit
Characterization
12. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Setting
Subtext
Allusion
Archetype
13. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Anaphora
Verbal Irony
Imagery
Hyperbole
14. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Consonance
Imagery
Characterization
Deductive Reasoning
15. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Satire
Inductive Reasoning
Imagery
Denouement
16. When the story begins
Cliche
Point of attack
Understatement
Anecdote
17. Same beginning sound
Epigraph
Alliteration
Syllogism
Enumeration
18. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Oratory
Rhetoric
Dialect
Pedantic
19. Change and growth of the character
Chiasmus
Hyperbole
Characterization
Antithesis
20. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Extended Metaphor
Chiasmus
Controlling Metaphor
Anecdote
21. Same ending sounds
Subtext
Denouement
Consonance
Flashback
22. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Alliteration
Verbal Irony
Mood
23. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Ambiguity
Paradox
Diction
Dramatic Irony
24. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Subtext
Assonance
Oxymoron
Anecdote
25. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Foil
Anecdote
Connotation
Oxymoron
26. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Colloquial
Assonance
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
27. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Aphorism
Archetype
Chiasmus
Oratory
28. Sound words - imitative harmony
Pathetic Fallacy
Denouement
Aphorism
Onomatopoeia
29. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Dramatic Irony
Logical Fallacy
Anecdote
Climax
30. The answer to a question
Thesis
Foreshadowing
Anticlimax
Conceit
31. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Simile
Pun
Epigraph
Inference
32. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Analogy
Point of attack
Zeugma
33. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Cliche
Euphemism
Pedantic
Sarcasm
34. An overused expression
Cliche
Epitaph
Motif
Understatement
35. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Inference
Jargon
Allegory
Rhetoric
36. A formal - often pompous - speech
Mood
Simile
Apostrophe
Oratory
37. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Exposition
Ad Hominem
Pathos
Denouement
38. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Inference
Ad Hominem
Pun
Deductive Reasoning
39. Dictionary definition of a word
Diction
Verbal Irony
Jargon
Denotation
40. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Foreshadowing
Symbol
Metonymy
Homily
41. Direct contrast or opposite
Epigraph
Antithesis
Conceit
Understatement
42. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Allusion
Oratory
Point of attack
Non Sequitur
43. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Inductive Reasoning
Symbol
Point of attack
Metonymy
44. A short witty statement
Setting
A Priori Reasoning
Metonymy
Aphorism
45. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Pun
Subtext
Denouement
46. The recreation of regional spoken language
Consonance
Enumeration
Cliche
Dialect
47. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Syllogism
Conceit
Climax
Apostrophe
48. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Synecdoche
Anticlimax
Non Sequitur
Anaphora
49. The underlying message
Satire
Deductive Reasoning
Theme
Parable
50. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Cliche
Syllogism
Epigraph