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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Repetition
Bathos
Analogy
Parable
2. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Tone
Assonance
Dramatic Irony
Allusion
3. Same ending sounds
Homily
Point of attack
Synecdoche
Consonance
4. A mistake in reasoning
Imagery
Anaphora
Logical Fallacy
Bathos
5. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Motif
Figurative Language
Archetype
6. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Dialect
Anecdote
Archetype
7. Events that take place before the story begins
Irony
Parable
Exposition
Inference
8. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Tone
Repetition
Characterization
9. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Subtext
Deductive Reasoning
Analogy
Characterization
10. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Hyperbole
Foil
Setting
Anaphora
11. Repetition of vowel sounds
Synecdoche
Verbal Irony
Diction
Assonance
12. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Controlling Metaphor
Aphorism
Ambiguity
Personification
13. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Assonance
Imagery
Rhetorical Question
Colloquial
14. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Extended Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Inductive Reasoning
15. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Repetition
Verbal Irony
Analogy
Hyperbole
16. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Jargon
Epiphany
Oratory
Situational Irony
17. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
A Priori Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Epigraph
Analogy
18. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Inference
Inductive Reasoning
Enumeration
19. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Archetype
Euphemism
Denotation
Pedantic
20. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Conceit
Analogy
Theme
Antithesis
21. Emotional definition of a word
Connotation
Theme
Understatement
Point of attack
22. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Parody
Archetype
Rhetoric
23. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Subtext
Verbal Irony
Rhetoric
24. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Conceit
Diction
Repetition
Dramatic Irony
25. Emotional response of the reader
Metonymy
Mood
Pun
Inductive Reasoning
26. The underlying message
Epiphany
Theme
Hyperbole
Rhetoric
27. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Logical Fallacy
Parody
Foreshadowing
28. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Exposition
Pun
A Priori Reasoning
Colloquial
29. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Irony
Denotation
Parody
Epitaph
30. Words which evoke sorrow
Rhetorical Question
Theme
Pathos
Anaphora
31. Sound words - imitative harmony
Consonance
Synecdoche
Situational Irony
Onomatopoeia
32. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Dramatic Irony
Conceit
Conflict
Repetition
33. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Anaphora
Aphorism
Non Sequitur
Figurative Language
34. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Archetype
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
35. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Denouement
Conceit
Allegory
Understatement
36. A formal - often pompous - speech
Inductive Reasoning
Rhetoric
Oratory
Cliche
37. A formal speech praising one who has died
Chiasmus
Eulogy
Climax
Enumeration
38. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Point of attack
Imagery
Tone
Pathetic Fallacy
39. Word order or organization
Juxtaposition
Controlling Metaphor
Syntax
Parallelism
40. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Inference
Extended Metaphor
Controlling Metaphor
Foreshadowing
41. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Oxymoron
Dialect
Verbal Irony
Anticlimax
42. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Epitaph
Characterization
Syntax
43. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Denouement
Satire
A Priori Reasoning
Rhetoric
44. When the story begins
Paradox
Hyperbole
Ad Hominem
Point of attack
45. An inscription on a tombstone
Flashback
Epitaph
Simile
Tone
46. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Diction
Oratory
Flashback
Colloquial
47. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Alliteration
Inductive Reasoning
Colloquial
Epitaph
48. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syntax
Syllogism
Epigraph
Metaphor
49. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Archetype
Irony
Juxtaposition
Theme
50. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Rhetoric
Aphorism
Hyperbole
Subtext
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