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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. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Irony
Conceit
Ad Hominem
Deductive Reasoning
2. 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
Parallelism
Zeugma
Conflict
3. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Connotation
Metaphor
Anticlimax
Didactic
4. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Anticlimax
Allusion
Synecdoche
Enumeration
5. Technical - specialized language
Verbal Irony
Jargon
Rhetoric
Paradox
6. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Motif
Hyperbole
Satire
7. Word choice
Diction
Dramatic Irony
Syllogism
Inductive Reasoning
8. Same beginning sound
Satire
Alliteration
Enumeration
Parable
9. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Logical Fallacy
Antithesis
Epigraph
10. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Antithesis
Non Sequitur
Chiasmus
Analogy
11. Change and growth of the character
Allegory
Epitaph
Subtext
Characterization
12. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Rhetorical Question
Parable
Motif
Cliche
13. Sound words - imitative harmony
Parody
Onomatopoeia
Epitaph
Mood
14. An unexpected outcome
Pathetic Fallacy
Irony
Sarcasm
Characterization
15. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Pathetic Fallacy
Didactic
Oratory
Situational Irony
16. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Parallelism
Flashback
Euphemism
Inductive Reasoning
17. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Hyperbole
Sarcasm
Foreshadowing
Mood
18. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Oxymoron
Syntax
Repetition
19. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Inference
Oxymoron
Euphemism
Didactic
20. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Zeugma
Denouement
Tone
Deductive Reasoning
21. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition
Symbol
Antithesis
22. Words which evoke sorrow
Chiasmus
Pathos
Homily
Euphemism
23. Word order or organization
Didactic
Syntax
Deductive Reasoning
Chiasmus
24. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Tone
Simile
Allusion
25. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Conceit
Oratory
Parallelism
Pedantic
26. A direct comparison
Ambiguity
Deductive Reasoning
Metaphor
Symbol
27. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Theme
Rhetorical Question
Zeugma
Allegory
28. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
A Priori Reasoning
Anticlimax
Deductive Reasoning
Metonymy
29. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Antithesis
Connotation
Anaphora
Situational Irony
30. The recreation of regional spoken language
Metonymy
Conflict
Dialect
Subtext
31. Direct contrast or opposite
Inference
Non Sequitur
Consonance
Antithesis
32. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Parable
Logical Fallacy
Simile
A Priori Reasoning
33. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Euphemism
Foil
Aphorism
34. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Pun
Extended Metaphor
Apostrophe
Analogy
35. Repetition of vowel sounds
Epitaph
Assonance
Juxtaposition
Enumeration
36. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Imagery
Characterization
Metonymy
Satire
37. A mistake in reasoning
Epigraph
Enumeration
Logical Fallacy
Rhetoric
38. A moment of great revelation
Rhetoric
Epiphany
Syllogism
Diction
39. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Exposition
Bathos
Mood
40. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Anaphora
Irony
Archetype
Inference
41. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Conceit
Mood
Allusion
42. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Diction
Deductive Reasoning
Zeugma
43. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Irony
Homily
Apostrophe
Dramatic Irony
44. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Anecdote
Anaphora
Sarcasm
45. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Enumeration
Thesis
Point of attack
46. The answer to a question
Thesis
Point of attack
Cliche
Motif
47. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Rhetoric
Non Sequitur
Diction
Pedantic
48. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Hyperbole
Theme
Euphemism
Parody
49. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Conceit
Situational Irony
Thesis
50. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Personification
Extended Metaphor
Pun
Pedantic