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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Time and place of a story
Dialect
Analogy
Setting
Repetition
2. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Archetype
Theme
Parody
Situational Irony
3. 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.)
Subtext
Zeugma
Ad Hominem
A Priori Reasoning
4. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Personification
Irony
Anaphora
Ambiguity
5. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Epitaph
Subtext
Allusion
Analogy
6. The answer to a question
Point of attack
Apostrophe
Syntax
Thesis
7. Exaggeration
Exposition
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Denotation
8. Same beginning sound
Syllogism
Alliteration
Bathos
Archetype
9. Word order or organization
Symbol
Syntax
Aphorism
Diction
10. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Dramatic Irony
Imagery
Ambiguity
Inductive Reasoning
11. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Personification
Epigraph
Juxtaposition
Euphemism
12. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Paradox
Setting
Non Sequitur
Anecdote
13. A comparison using like or as
Inference
Simile
Consonance
Foreshadowing
14. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Imagery
Syntax
Tone
15. Sound words - imitative harmony
Aphorism
Onomatopoeia
Enumeration
Subtext
16. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Epitaph
Parable
Assonance
Personification
17. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Non Sequitur
Zeugma
Pathetic Fallacy
Irony
18. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Euphemism
Apostrophe
Paradox
19. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
A Priori Reasoning
Controlling Metaphor
Homily
Flashback
20. An unexpected outcome
Figurative Language
Chiasmus
Irony
Simile
21. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Cliche
Tone
Pathetic Fallacy
Epigraph
22. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Pun
Chiasmus
Ambiguity
Symbol
23. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Flashback
Synecdoche
Metaphor
Ad Hominem
24. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Anaphora
Understatement
Euphemism
25. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Setting
Pedantic
Apostrophe
Didactic
26. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Onomatopoeia
Point of attack
Satire
Controlling Metaphor
27. Direct contrast or opposite
Epitaph
Rhetorical Question
Antithesis
Rhetoric
28. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Analogy
Rhetoric
Parody
29. The use of slang in writing
Hyperbole
Inference
Colloquial
Anaphora
30. Repetition of vowel sounds
Metaphor
Assonance
Understatement
Cliche
31. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Controlling Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
32. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Homily
Enumeration
Conceit
Tone
33. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Connotation
Logical Fallacy
Climax
Allegory
34. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Theme
Motif
Diction
Denouement
35. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Deductive Reasoning
Inference
Understatement
Juxtaposition
36. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Diction
Sarcasm
Extended Metaphor
Denouement
37. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Chiasmus
Understatement
Irony
Denotation
38. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Motif
Parallelism
Subtext
Antithesis
39. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Anticlimax
Non Sequitur
Personification
Epitaph
40. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Eulogy
Metaphor
Oratory
41. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Understatement
Inference
Paradox
Oxymoron
42. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Eulogy
Chiasmus
Motif
Conflict
43. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Symbol
Parable
Epiphany
44. Where the audience knows more than the character
Point of attack
Analogy
Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
45. Word choice
Diction
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Deductive Reasoning
46. A political comment through the use of humor
Rhetoric
Anticlimax
Satire
Metonymy
47. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Symbol
Understatement
Tone
Rhetorical Question
48. Emotional response of the reader
Allusion
Irony
Mood
Tone
49. A formal - often pompous - speech
Metaphor
Jargon
Oratory
Connotation
50. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Mood
A Priori Reasoning
Anticlimax
Bathos