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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Repetition of vowel sounds






2. Emotional response of the reader






3. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






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






5. The answer to a question






6. Emotional definition of a word






7. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point






8. A political comment through the use of humor






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






10. Dictionary definition of a word






11. Where the audience knows more than the character






12. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






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






14. Contrasting words placed together for effect






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






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






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






18. Literary - historical - artistic reference






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






20. A story that functions on the symbolic level






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






22. Words that create mental pictures






23. When the story begins






24. An overused expression






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






26. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting






27. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






28. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






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






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






31. An unexpected outcome






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






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






34. A comparison using like or as






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






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






37. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






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






39. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






40. A direct comparison






41. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes






42. Direct contrast or opposite






43. Unexpected outcome in the plot






44. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious






45. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)






46. Word choice






47. The underlying message






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






49. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






50. The use of slang in writing