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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action






2. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






3. An inscription on a tombstone






4. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general






5. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






6. Emotional definition of a word






7. Contrasting words placed together for effect






8. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea






9. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work






10. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)






11. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is






12. Repetition of vowel sounds






13. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd






14. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






15. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral






16. Time and place of a story






17. Change and growth of the character






18. An overused expression






19. A comparison using like or as






20. A sermon or moralistic lecture






21. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






22. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas






23. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






24. A numbered list






25. Where the audience knows more than the character






26. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






27. Dictionary definition of a word






28. Words which evoke sorrow






29. A mistake in reasoning






30. Exaggeration






31. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






32. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme






33. Sound words - imitative harmony






34. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)






35. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story






36. Words that create mental pictures






37. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure






38. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')






39. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there






40. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)






41. Same beginning sound






42. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






43. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific






44. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)






45. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect






46. Direct contrast or opposite






47. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






48. A political comment through the use of humor






49. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






50. Word choice