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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Metaphor
Euphemism
Parody
2. Words which evoke sorrow
Anticlimax
Epiphany
Dialect
Pathos
3. Word order or organization
Figurative Language
Irony
Syntax
Characterization
4. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Juxtaposition
Theme
Exposition
Ambiguity
5. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Pathetic Fallacy
Climax
6. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Denouement
Satire
Subtext
7. Where the audience knows more than the character
Rhetorical Question
Assonance
Antithesis
Dramatic Irony
8. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Oratory
Chiasmus
Characterization
Ad Hominem
9. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Personification
Repetition
Subtext
Colloquial
10. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Conceit
Characterization
Juxtaposition
Antithesis
11. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Anaphora
Understatement
Aphorism
Chiasmus
12. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Extended Metaphor
Anecdote
Denotation
Non Sequitur
13. An inscription on a tombstone
Connotation
Epitaph
Syntax
Alliteration
14. A moment of great revelation
Anticlimax
Diction
Thesis
Epiphany
15. Word choice
Climax
Syntax
Diction
Oratory
16. An overused expression
Antithesis
Inference
Cliche
Allegory
17. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Tone
Pedantic
Bathos
Archetype
18. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Personification
Foil
Dramatic Irony
19. Same beginning sound
Synecdoche
Epigraph
Alliteration
Archetype
20. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Syntax
Logical Fallacy
Eulogy
Bathos
21. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Sarcasm
Metonymy
Rhetoric
Situational Irony
22. Technical - specialized language
Repetition
Inference
Hyperbole
Jargon
23. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Imagery
Dialect
Satire
Sarcasm
24. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Ambiguity
Verbal Irony
Anticlimax
Anecdote
25. A mistake in reasoning
Ambiguity
Syllogism
Allegory
Logical Fallacy
26. Events that take place before the story begins
Denouement
Oratory
Exposition
Inference
27. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Anecdote
Inference
Metonymy
Anaphora
28. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Deductive Reasoning
Non Sequitur
Anticlimax
Subtext
29. Time and place of a story
Analogy
Paradox
Point of attack
Setting
30. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Jargon
Enumeration
Homily
Syntax
31. When the story begins
Subtext
Point of attack
Repetition
Anticlimax
32. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Foil
Chiasmus
Extended Metaphor
Flashback
33. A formal speech praising one who has died
Tone
Sarcasm
Consonance
Eulogy
34. The answer to a question
Euphemism
Pedantic
Thesis
Pathos
35. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Assonance
Figurative Language
Controlling Metaphor
Epiphany
36. Same ending sounds
Aphorism
Satire
Cliche
Consonance
37. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Foil
Conceit
Flashback
Paradox
38. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Syllogism
Foil
Anaphora
Foreshadowing
39. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Paradox
Consonance
Mood
40. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Juxtaposition
Paradox
Inductive Reasoning
41. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Parody
Pathetic Fallacy
Paradox
Tone
42. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Onomatopoeia
Archetype
Foil
Motif
43. Direct contrast or opposite
Juxtaposition
Epitaph
Symbol
Antithesis
44. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Verbal Irony
Conflict
Epiphany
Metaphor
45. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Homily
Onomatopoeia
Apostrophe
46. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Epigraph
Point of attack
Extended Metaphor
47. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Extended Metaphor
Epitaph
Thesis
48. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Epigraph
49. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Epitaph
Didactic
Jargon
Figurative Language
50. 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
Connotation
Antithesis
Jargon