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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. Technical - specialized language
Jargon
Characterization
Verbal Irony
Onomatopoeia
2. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Syllogism
Subtext
Chiasmus
Irony
3. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Diction
Subtext
Dialect
Characterization
4. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Parallelism
Thesis
Personification
Chiasmus
5. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Conflict
Motif
Ad Hominem
Epitaph
6. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Setting
Anecdote
Enumeration
7. An inscription on a tombstone
Aphorism
Epitaph
Eulogy
Extended Metaphor
8. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Synecdoche
Epitaph
Metonymy
Denotation
9. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Jargon
A Priori Reasoning
Imagery
Motif
10. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Archetype
Deductive Reasoning
Parable
Apostrophe
11. Word order or organization
Theme
Syntax
Logical Fallacy
Onomatopoeia
12. Words which evoke sorrow
Repetition
Pathos
Conceit
Paradox
13. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Analogy
Syllogism
Epitaph
14. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Oxymoron
Jargon
Anecdote
Bathos
15. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Thesis
Symbol
Parody
16. A short witty statement
Satire
Aphorism
Rhetoric
Epiphany
17. Dictionary definition of a word
Subtext
Irony
Imagery
Denotation
18. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Ambiguity
Simile
Climax
19. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Colloquial
Chiasmus
Dialect
20. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Connotation
Denotation
Eulogy
21. A numbered list
Colloquial
Enumeration
Irony
Onomatopoeia
22. Events that take place before the story begins
Motif
Exposition
Anecdote
Figurative Language
23. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Hyperbole
Colloquial
Anaphora
Inference
24. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Colloquial
Sarcasm
Flashback
25. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Subtext
Apostrophe
Pathetic Fallacy
26. A direct comparison
Thesis
Metaphor
Anecdote
Climax
27. When the story begins
Ambiguity
Non Sequitur
Point of attack
Pathetic Fallacy
28. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Epitaph
Conceit
Repetition
Foreshadowing
29. Exaggeration
Inference
Anaphora
Hyperbole
Logical Fallacy
30. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Hyperbole
Pedantic
Apostrophe
Thesis
31. Emotional definition of a word
Connotation
Oratory
Sarcasm
Personification
32. Repetition of vowel sounds
Logical Fallacy
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Controlling Metaphor
33. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Exposition
Analogy
Zeugma
Simile
34. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Consonance
Conflict
Irony
Bathos
35. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Inductive Reasoning
Exposition
Colloquial
Allegory
36. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Foreshadowing
Juxtaposition
Paradox
Theme
37. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Inductive Reasoning
Diction
Controlling Metaphor
38. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Symbol
Connotation
Conceit
Euphemism
39. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
A Priori Reasoning
Symbol
Pathetic Fallacy
Epigraph
40. A mistake in reasoning
Logical Fallacy
Characterization
Setting
Satire
41. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Cliche
Foreshadowing
Theme
42. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Colloquial
Simile
Oxymoron
Antithesis
43. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Simile
Analogy
Enumeration
44. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Conceit
Setting
Figurative Language
Rhetorical Question
45. Same ending sounds
Dramatic Irony
Parody
Consonance
Thesis
46. The answer to a question
Satire
Theme
Syntax
Thesis
47. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Inference
Motif
Chiasmus
Mood
48. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Ambiguity
Parallelism
Chiasmus
Rhetoric
49. Where the audience knows more than the character
Foil
Inference
Ad Hominem
Dramatic Irony
50. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Simile
Antithesis
Inference
Didactic