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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. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Foreshadowing
Figurative Language
Inductive Reasoning
Metonymy
2. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
Synecdoche
Zeugma
3. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Rhetoric
Anticlimax
Epiphany
Bathos
4. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Synecdoche
Situational Irony
Conflict
Exposition
5. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Tone
Pun
Anaphora
Bathos
6. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Epitaph
Denouement
Pathos
7. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Allusion
Pun
Cliche
Rhetoric
8. A formal speech praising one who has died
Didactic
Connotation
Eulogy
Antithesis
9. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Parody
Cliche
A Priori Reasoning
Understatement
10. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Syntax
Conflict
Climax
Didactic
11. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Irony
Subtext
Deductive Reasoning
Mood
12. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Conceit
Rhetoric
Anecdote
Parable
13. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Conflict
Irony
Anticlimax
Pun
14. Dictionary definition of a word
Metaphor
Epiphany
Denotation
Situational Irony
15. The use of slang in writing
Verbal Irony
Colloquial
Antithesis
Parable
16. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Euphemism
Figurative Language
Enumeration
17. A comparison using like or as
Figurative Language
Cliche
Simile
Repetition
18. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Epitaph
Mood
Deductive Reasoning
Hyperbole
19. Words that create mental pictures
Bathos
Imagery
Metaphor
Anecdote
20. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
A Priori Reasoning
Denouement
Conceit
Juxtaposition
21. 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.)
Inductive Reasoning
Connotation
Motif
Zeugma
22. A political comment through the use of humor
Understatement
Irony
Satire
Metaphor
23. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Anticlimax
Archetype
Euphemism
Non Sequitur
24. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Homily
Analogy
Deductive Reasoning
Archetype
25. Where the audience knows more than the character
Metaphor
Diction
Dramatic Irony
Conceit
26. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Connotation
Sarcasm
Eulogy
Pun
27. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Logical Fallacy
Antithesis
Foil
Allusion
28. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
Mood
Satire
Pathos
29. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Figurative Language
Ambiguity
Conflict
30. A mistake in reasoning
Cliche
Subtext
Logical Fallacy
Point of attack
31. A formal - often pompous - speech
Anaphora
Metonymy
Cliche
Oratory
32. A short witty statement
Verbal Irony
Aphorism
Rhetoric
Oratory
33. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Situational Irony
Foreshadowing
Conflict
Inductive Reasoning
34. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Allegory
Connotation
Mood
Juxtaposition
35. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Ad Hominem
Synecdoche
Logical Fallacy
36. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Cliche
Analogy
Epigraph
Extended Metaphor
37. A numbered list
Enumeration
Euphemism
Conflict
Thesis
38. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Connotation
Sarcasm
Oxymoron
39. The recreation of regional spoken language
Metaphor
Subtext
Pathos
Dialect
40. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Tone
Repetition
Didactic
Motif
41. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Onomatopoeia
Rhetorical Question
Inductive Reasoning
Alliteration
42. The answer to a question
Antithesis
Dramatic Irony
Motif
Thesis
43. A direct comparison
Allusion
Metaphor
Paradox
Euphemism
44. Time and place of a story
Setting
Imagery
Bathos
Didactic
45. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Non Sequitur
Sarcasm
Setting
46. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Syntax
Simile
Consonance
47. Exaggeration
Repetition
Hyperbole
Epiphany
Parody
48. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Parody
Oxymoron
Rhetorical Question
Theme
49. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Allegory
Metonymy
Repetition
Bathos
50. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Understatement
Diction
Pathetic Fallacy
Motif