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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Synecdoche
Archetype
Anecdote
2. When the story begins
Point of attack
Understatement
Symbol
A Priori Reasoning
3. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Allusion
Irony
Euphemism
Non Sequitur
4. An inscription on a tombstone
Hyperbole
Epitaph
Jargon
Sarcasm
5. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Pun
Allusion
Rhetorical Question
Chiasmus
6. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Colloquial
Homily
Foil
Rhetorical Question
7. Technical - specialized language
Jargon
Allegory
Ad Hominem
Dialect
8. A formal - often pompous - speech
Paradox
Eulogy
Oratory
Personification
9. Change and growth of the character
Symbol
Characterization
Allegory
Assonance
10. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Foil
Juxtaposition
Synecdoche
Characterization
11. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Denotation
Connotation
Pedantic
12. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Archetype
Foil
Bathos
Denotation
13. An unexpected outcome
Metonymy
Conceit
Conflict
Irony
14. An overused expression
Oratory
Pedantic
Exposition
Cliche
15. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Denouement
Point of attack
Repetition
Eulogy
16. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Pathetic Fallacy
Enumeration
Didactic
Characterization
17. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Verbal Irony
Rhetorical Question
Syntax
18. Word choice
Consonance
Archetype
Diction
Antithesis
19. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Aphorism
Pun
Personification
Sarcasm
20. A moment of great revelation
Synecdoche
Flashback
Didactic
Epiphany
21. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Paradox
Satire
Metonymy
Zeugma
22. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Exposition
Simile
Tone
23. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Logical Fallacy
Denouement
Parody
24. A mistake in reasoning
Antithesis
Metaphor
Logical Fallacy
Consonance
25. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Euphemism
Oxymoron
Non Sequitur
Inference
26. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Inference
Allegory
Anecdote
A Priori Reasoning
27. A political comment through the use of humor
Archetype
Satire
Onomatopoeia
Extended Metaphor
28. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Irony
Anaphora
Mood
Didactic
29. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Bathos
Controlling Metaphor
Deductive Reasoning
Satire
30. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Simile
A Priori Reasoning
Verbal Irony
Rhetoric
31. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Allegory
Dialect
Flashback
Allusion
32. Sound words - imitative harmony
Flashback
Understatement
Onomatopoeia
Colloquial
33. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Onomatopoeia
Parable
Deductive Reasoning
Anaphora
34. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Non Sequitur
Juxtaposition
Anecdote
Understatement
35. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Antithesis
Didactic
Conflict
Conceit
36. Exaggeration
Theme
Zeugma
Hyperbole
Inductive Reasoning
37. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Enumeration
Theme
Epigraph
Consonance
38. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Parallelism
Anticlimax
Mood
Deductive Reasoning
39. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Extended Metaphor
Pedantic
Syllogism
Inductive Reasoning
40. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Inference
Rhetoric
Analogy
Verbal Irony
41. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Tone
Understatement
Oratory
Theme
42. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Controlling Metaphor
Bathos
Ad Hominem
43. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Symbol
Rhetorical Question
Subtext
44. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Antithesis
Conceit
Inference
Climax
45. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
Mood
Enumeration
Aphorism
46. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Analogy
Homily
Pathos
Denotation
47. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Non Sequitur
Allusion
Subtext
Exposition
48. Events that take place before the story begins
Enumeration
Pathetic Fallacy
Exposition
Paradox
49. Emotional definition of a word
Diction
Figurative Language
Connotation
Parable
50. A direct comparison
Flashback
Metaphor
Subtext
Pun