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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Zeugma
Irony
Epigraph
Climax
2. A mistake in reasoning
Logical Fallacy
Exposition
Anecdote
Pathetic Fallacy
3. Repetition of vowel sounds
Logical Fallacy
Bathos
Oxymoron
Assonance
4. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Pathos
Didactic
Juxtaposition
Euphemism
5. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Satire
Denouement
Epigraph
Extended Metaphor
6. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Controlling Metaphor
7. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Climax
Allusion
Sarcasm
Antithesis
8. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Repetition
Anecdote
Subtext
9. Word order or organization
Syntax
Enumeration
Allusion
Sarcasm
10. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Bathos
Setting
Foil
Climax
11. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Assonance
Didactic
Tone
Mood
12. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Metonymy
Zeugma
Deductive Reasoning
Imagery
13. Time and place of a story
Setting
Climax
Connotation
Euphemism
14. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Logical Fallacy
Deductive Reasoning
Parallelism
15. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Rhetoric
Exposition
Situational Irony
Homily
16. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Eulogy
Jargon
Hyperbole
Chiasmus
17. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Denouement
Consonance
Flashback
18. When the story begins
Repetition
Allegory
Paradox
Point of attack
19. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Syllogism
Epiphany
Parody
Apostrophe
20. Words that create mental pictures
Sarcasm
Colloquial
Imagery
Dramatic Irony
21. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Situational Irony
Ambiguity
Rhetorical Question
Rhetoric
22. A formal speech praising one who has died
Colloquial
Eulogy
Simile
Onomatopoeia
23. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Pedantic
Non Sequitur
Synecdoche
Tone
24. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Dramatic Irony
Anaphora
Allusion
Cliche
25. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Non Sequitur
Simile
Allegory
Allusion
26. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Dramatic Irony
Diction
Logical Fallacy
Climax
27. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parody
Parallelism
Jargon
Bathos
28. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Non Sequitur
Subtext
Oxymoron
Flashback
29. Same ending sounds
Assonance
Hyperbole
Consonance
Homily
30. Same beginning sound
Dialect
Alliteration
Connotation
Non Sequitur
31. An inscription on a tombstone
Climax
Connotation
Colloquial
Epitaph
32. A political comment through the use of humor
Tone
Homily
Satire
Paradox
33. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Archetype
Climax
Epigraph
Extended Metaphor
34. The answer to a question
Alliteration
Thesis
Rhetorical Question
Situational Irony
35. Direct contrast or opposite
Diction
Antithesis
Oratory
Parody
36. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Alliteration
Conflict
Paradox
Pun
37. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Didactic
Setting
Anticlimax
Controlling Metaphor
38. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Tone
Conceit
Parable
Extended Metaphor
39. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
A Priori Reasoning
Colloquial
Assonance
Theme
40. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Flashback
Controlling Metaphor
Figurative Language
Pedantic
41. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Homily
Conceit
Consonance
42. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dramatic Irony
Simile
Foil
Understatement
43. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Characterization
Oratory
Syllogism
Controlling Metaphor
44. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Rhetorical Question
Archetype
Anticlimax
45. An overused expression
Cliche
A Priori Reasoning
Allegory
Conflict
46. The use of slang in writing
Controlling Metaphor
Colloquial
Metonymy
Syntax
47. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Connotation
Pathos
Eulogy
48. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Denouement
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Consonance
49. A short witty statement
Diction
Cliche
Allusion
Aphorism
50. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Figurative Language
Anticlimax
Hyperbole
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