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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Homily
Flashback
Imagery
Cliche
2. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Mood
Zeugma
Apostrophe
3. Repetition of vowel sounds
Parallelism
Assonance
A Priori Reasoning
Archetype
4. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Oratory
Didactic
Epigraph
Non Sequitur
5. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Epitaph
Conflict
Understatement
Chiasmus
6. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Colloquial
Analogy
Verbal Irony
7. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Antithesis
Didactic
Climax
Chiasmus
8. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Didactic
Euphemism
Symbol
Allegory
9. A formal speech praising one who has died
Tone
Motif
Foil
Eulogy
10. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Metaphor
Dialect
Inference
Tone
11. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Tone
Pun
Archetype
Subtext
12. Exaggeration
Oxymoron
Thesis
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
13. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Exposition
Antithesis
Conceit
Antithesis
14. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Analogy
Setting
Epigraph
15. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Theme
Antithesis
Synecdoche
Exposition
16. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Pedantic
Figurative Language
Connotation
Antithesis
17. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Juxtaposition
Mood
Inductive Reasoning
Archetype
18. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Dialect
Extended Metaphor
Simile
Theme
19. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Onomatopoeia
Inference
Pun
Theme
20. 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.)
Deductive Reasoning
Zeugma
Motif
Syntax
21. A numbered list
Juxtaposition
Sarcasm
Satire
Enumeration
22. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Foreshadowing
A Priori Reasoning
Figurative Language
Simile
23. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anaphora
Metaphor
Inductive Reasoning
Archetype
24. Word choice
Rhetorical Question
Diction
Antithesis
Epiphany
25. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Pedantic
Syllogism
Oratory
Archetype
26. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Connotation
Apostrophe
Extended Metaphor
Hyperbole
27. The recreation of regional spoken language
Rhetorical Question
Parallelism
Consonance
Dialect
28. A formal - often pompous - speech
Oratory
Tone
Personification
Theme
29. Emotional response of the reader
Archetype
Apostrophe
Mood
Eulogy
30. The use of slang in writing
Oratory
Aphorism
Syllogism
Colloquial
31. Dictionary definition of a word
Diction
Ad Hominem
Denotation
Rhetoric
32. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Dialect
Foreshadowing
Foil
A Priori Reasoning
33. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Dramatic Irony
Parallelism
Imagery
Epigraph
34. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Repetition
Antithesis
Allegory
35. A political comment through the use of humor
Jargon
Ad Hominem
Satire
Parable
36. Sound words - imitative harmony
Epitaph
Pun
Onomatopoeia
Metonymy
37. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Point of attack
Symbol
Motif
Eulogy
38. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Allegory
Repetition
Tone
Verbal Irony
39. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Pathetic Fallacy
Flashback
Jargon
Connotation
40. The underlying message
Syntax
Alliteration
Theme
Chiasmus
41. An overused expression
Cliche
Epigraph
Theme
Setting
42. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Metaphor
Sarcasm
Archetype
Rhetorical Question
43. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Satire
Pathetic Fallacy
Euphemism
44. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Controlling Metaphor
Allegory
Denouement
45. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Climax
Ambiguity
Symbol
Thesis
46. Events that take place before the story begins
Pun
Satire
Exposition
Parable
47. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Setting
Figurative Language
Bathos
Hyperbole
48. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Hyperbole
Paradox
Ad Hominem
Homily
49. Direct contrast or opposite
Symbol
Anecdote
Flashback
Antithesis
50. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Oratory
Paradox
Ad Hominem
Jargon
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