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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. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Symbol
Paradox
Anaphora
Didactic
2. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Cliche
Figurative Language
Chiasmus
Symbol
3. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Understatement
Climax
Theme
Conceit
4. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Assonance
Foreshadowing
Personification
Pedantic
5. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Bathos
Didactic
Ad Hominem
Motif
6. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Exposition
Subtext
7. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Synecdoche
Parable
Zeugma
8. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Epiphany
Aphorism
Repetition
9. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Inference
Didactic
Extended Metaphor
Syllogism
10. Sound words - imitative harmony
Onomatopoeia
Epitaph
Assonance
Subtext
11. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Synecdoche
Mood
Diction
12. A formal - often pompous - speech
Parable
Colloquial
Understatement
Oratory
13. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Synecdoche
Allegory
Didactic
Parody
14. A short witty statement
Satire
Denouement
Theme
Aphorism
15. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Anecdote
Chiasmus
Flashback
Tone
16. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
A Priori Reasoning
Juxtaposition
Parody
Epigraph
17. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Foil
Satire
Pun
Symbol
18. Emotional response of the reader
Mood
Connotation
Epitaph
Inference
19. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Mood
Parable
Sarcasm
20. The answer to a question
Epitaph
Antithesis
Foreshadowing
Thesis
21. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anaphora
Ambiguity
Homily
Euphemism
22. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Metaphor
Parallelism
Chiasmus
Epigraph
23. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Logical Fallacy
Non Sequitur
Ad Hominem
Climax
24. A formal speech praising one who has died
Satire
Eulogy
Subtext
Motif
25. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Conceit
Antithesis
Subtext
Epigraph
26. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Irony
Didactic
Setting
27. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Ambiguity
Paradox
Consonance
28. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Allegory
Subtext
A Priori Reasoning
Aphorism
29. The underlying message
Hyperbole
Theme
Symbol
Rhetoric
30. Direct contrast or opposite
Consonance
Foreshadowing
Symbol
Antithesis
31. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Dramatic Irony
Bathos
Diction
Homily
32. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Irony
Bathos
Ambiguity
33. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Allusion
Parable
Anecdote
Antithesis
34. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Hyperbole
Assonance
Characterization
35. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Juxtaposition
Flashback
Understatement
Colloquial
36. Events that take place before the story begins
Cliche
Satire
Verbal Irony
Exposition
37. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Anecdote
Dialect
Non Sequitur
38. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Theme
Oxymoron
Ambiguity
Allusion
39. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Thesis
Chiasmus
Epigraph
40. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Subtext
Connotation
Juxtaposition
Colloquial
41. Technical - specialized language
Non Sequitur
Jargon
Bathos
Consonance
42. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Apostrophe
Point of attack
Enumeration
43. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Archetype
Rhetorical Question
Parody
44. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Dramatic Irony
Apostrophe
Verbal Irony
Dialect
45. 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.)
Exposition
Archetype
Zeugma
Point of attack
46. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Alliteration
Parody
Non Sequitur
Foil
47. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Antithesis
Dialect
Conflict
Archetype
48. Word choice
Metaphor
Cliche
Diction
Alliteration
49. Time and place of a story
Characterization
Sarcasm
Setting
Controlling Metaphor
50. Same beginning sound
Simile
Alliteration
Point of attack
Allusion