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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






2. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea






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






4. Events that take place before the story begins






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






6. An overused expression






7. A numbered list






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






9. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character






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






11. An inscription on a tombstone






12. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning






13. Exaggeration






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






15. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words






16. Literary - historical - artistic reference






17. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






18. Time and place of a story






19. Same ending sounds






20. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






21. When the story begins






22. 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.)






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






24. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






25. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






26. The recreation of regional spoken language






27. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






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






29. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






30. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous






31. A moment of great revelation






32. Emotional definition of a word






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






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






35. A story that functions on the symbolic level






36. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences






37. Word order or organization






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






39. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action






40. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






41. Emotional response of the reader






42. Repetition of vowel sounds






43. A particularly clever extended metaphor






44. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






45. Dictionary definition of a word






46. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion






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






48. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"






49. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






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