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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 conclusion drawn from presented details
Rhetoric
Metaphor
Inference
Pathetic Fallacy
2. Where the audience knows more than the character
Point of attack
Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
Analogy
3. A formal speech praising one who has died
Understatement
Allusion
Eulogy
Connotation
4. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Pun
Anecdote
Irony
Ad Hominem
5. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Diction
Flashback
Enumeration
Apostrophe
6. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Conceit
Exposition
Subtext
Verbal Irony
7. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Extended Metaphor
Thesis
Eulogy
Oxymoron
8. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Archetype
Syllogism
Alliteration
Inductive Reasoning
9. Words that create mental pictures
Hyperbole
Imagery
Epitaph
Figurative Language
10. A numbered list
Non Sequitur
Enumeration
Repetition
Oratory
11. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Sarcasm
Figurative Language
Dramatic Irony
Syllogism
12. The recreation of regional spoken language
Extended Metaphor
Conflict
Oxymoron
Dialect
13. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Rhetorical Question
Didactic
Enumeration
Pun
14. The answer to a question
Inductive Reasoning
Thesis
Colloquial
Subtext
15. Word choice
Synecdoche
Diction
Syllogism
Bathos
16. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Sarcasm
Alliteration
Symbol
Connotation
17. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Syntax
Chiasmus
Inference
Bathos
18. Exaggeration
Theme
Hyperbole
Deductive Reasoning
Pedantic
19. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Dialect
Rhetorical Question
Zeugma
20. Time and place of a story
Jargon
Climax
Setting
Simile
21. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Assonance
Foil
Denotation
Epiphany
22. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Mood
Juxtaposition
Flashback
Synecdoche
23. 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.)
Personification
Parallelism
Zeugma
Paradox
24. Word order or organization
Dialect
Epitaph
Colloquial
Syntax
25. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Ad Hominem
Parody
Chiasmus
Analogy
26. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Sarcasm
Epitaph
Metaphor
Archetype
27. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Inference
Satire
Symbol
Situational Irony
28. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Dramatic Irony
Simile
Ad Hominem
Syllogism
29. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Syllogism
Parallelism
Rhetorical Question
Antithesis
30. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Metaphor
Enumeration
Foil
Allegory
31. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Homily
Subtext
Aphorism
Synecdoche
32. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Personification
Pathos
Allusion
Tone
33. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Rhetorical Question
Personification
Exposition
Pun
34. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Motif
Zeugma
Situational Irony
35. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Archetype
Setting
Apostrophe
36. A mistake in reasoning
Anecdote
Imagery
Logical Fallacy
Symbol
37. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Antithesis
Anaphora
Diction
Rhetoric
38. An unexpected outcome
Pathetic Fallacy
Foreshadowing
Denouement
Irony
39. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Allusion
Hyperbole
Metaphor
40. Emotional response of the reader
Anticlimax
Didactic
Mood
Antithesis
41. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Metaphor
Euphemism
Flashback
Archetype
42. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Parable
Flashback
Paradox
Onomatopoeia
43. Events that take place before the story begins
Anecdote
Syntax
Enumeration
Exposition
44. An overused expression
Jargon
Non Sequitur
Cliche
Foil
45. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Allegory
Paradox
Onomatopoeia
46. Same beginning sound
Figurative Language
Cliche
Aphorism
Alliteration
47. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Homily
Verbal Irony
Setting
Analogy
48. Words which evoke sorrow
Thesis
Foil
Figurative Language
Pathos
49. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Consonance
Extended Metaphor
Synecdoche
50. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ambiguity
Simile
Non Sequitur
Parallelism