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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Repetition of vowel sounds






2. The recreation of regional spoken language






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






4. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






5. Technical - specialized language






6. Emotional definition of a word






7. A particularly clever extended metaphor






8. A direct comparison






9. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme






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






11. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






12. Direct contrast or opposite






13. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






14. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






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






16. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work






17. A moment of great revelation






18. Direct contrast or opposite






19. Words that create mental pictures






20. Literary - historical - artistic reference






21. A sermon or moralistic lecture






22. A political comment through the use of humor






23. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






24. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd






25. Contrasting words placed together for effect






26. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point






27. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






28. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






29. An unexpected outcome






30. Where the audience knows more than the character






31. Emotional response of the reader






32. A conclusion drawn from presented details






33. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious






34. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






35. A short witty statement






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






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






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






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






40. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






41. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story






42. A story that functions on the symbolic level






43. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)






44. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






45. A formal speech praising one who has died






46. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)






47. Same ending sounds






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






49. Time and place of a story






50. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific