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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A moment of great revelation
Epiphany
Alliteration
Antithesis
Situational Irony
2. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Symbol
Didactic
Deductive Reasoning
Juxtaposition
3. Time and place of a story
Antithesis
Syllogism
Setting
Bathos
4. Change and growth of the character
Ad Hominem
Characterization
Inference
Alliteration
5. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Syntax
Parable
Rhetorical Question
Tone
6. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Dramatic Irony
Exposition
Subtext
Chiasmus
7. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Metonymy
Onomatopoeia
Exposition
Pathetic Fallacy
8. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Parody
Conceit
Rhetoric
Cliche
9. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Verbal Irony
Pathos
Rhetorical Question
Analogy
10. Same ending sounds
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Theme
Consonance
11. Sound words - imitative harmony
Pedantic
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Homily
12. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Synecdoche
Metaphor
Denouement
Juxtaposition
13. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Deductive Reasoning
Bathos
Paradox
14. 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.)
Zeugma
Paradox
Verbal Irony
Enumeration
15. A comparison using like or as
Verbal Irony
Irony
Simile
Chiasmus
16. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Tone
A Priori Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Understatement
17. A political comment through the use of humor
Parody
Subtext
Satire
Understatement
18. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Personification
Jargon
Parallelism
19. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Rhetorical Question
Ambiguity
Archetype
Cliche
20. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Imagery
Figurative Language
Denotation
21. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Conceit
Flashback
Hyperbole
Irony
22. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Logical Fallacy
Climax
Archetype
23. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Cliche
Pun
Rhetorical Question
Archetype
24. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Onomatopoeia
Symbol
Epigraph
Anticlimax
25. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Tone
Anticlimax
Inference
Bathos
26. Same beginning sound
Connotation
Antithesis
Alliteration
Irony
27. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Controlling Metaphor
Symbol
Juxtaposition
Sarcasm
28. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Epiphany
Repetition
Parallelism
Antithesis
29. A mistake in reasoning
Metaphor
Logical Fallacy
Personification
Inductive Reasoning
30. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Imagery
Pedantic
Foreshadowing
Consonance
31. A formal - often pompous - speech
Denouement
Oratory
Sarcasm
Cliche
32. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Imagery
Synecdoche
Analogy
Theme
33. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anaphora
Irony
Dramatic Irony
Pun
34. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Rhetoric
Hyperbole
Chiasmus
35. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Flashback
Repetition
Parallelism
Archetype
36. Repetition of vowel sounds
Hyperbole
Satire
Assonance
Oxymoron
37. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Sarcasm
Consonance
Denotation
Characterization
38. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Jargon
Characterization
Zeugma
39. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Point of attack
Mood
Juxtaposition
Allegory
40. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Denotation
Paradox
Alliteration
Archetype
41. When the story begins
Point of attack
Oratory
Parallelism
Symbol
42. Word choice
Cliche
Diction
Verbal Irony
Oxymoron
43. A short witty statement
Setting
Aphorism
Alliteration
Epitaph
44. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Didactic
Non Sequitur
Cliche
Situational Irony
45. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Assonance
Conflict
A Priori Reasoning
Subtext
46. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Anaphora
Simile
Oxymoron
Syllogism
47. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Archetype
Conflict
Dialect
Metonymy
48. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Satire
Cliche
Dramatic Irony
49. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Symbol
Allusion
Non Sequitur
Exposition
50. Direct contrast or opposite
Metonymy
Simile
A Priori Reasoning
Antithesis