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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 story that functions on the symbolic level
Deductive Reasoning
Oxymoron
Allegory
Verbal Irony
2. Technical - specialized language
Metaphor
Connotation
Motif
Jargon
3. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Characterization
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Satire
4. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Mood
Enumeration
Anecdote
5. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Pun
Flashback
Thesis
6. A direct comparison
Aphorism
Allusion
Metaphor
Conflict
7. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Parable
A Priori Reasoning
Tone
Analogy
8. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Inference
Conceit
Euphemism
9. A sermon or moralistic lecture
A Priori Reasoning
Alliteration
Homily
Oxymoron
10. The recreation of regional spoken language
Subtext
Characterization
Dialect
Exposition
11. Emotional response of the reader
Pedantic
Mood
Epitaph
Satire
12. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Bathos
Flashback
Onomatopoeia
13. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Inductive Reasoning
Sarcasm
Pathos
Symbol
14. The answer to a question
Verbal Irony
Thesis
Diction
Inference
15. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Colloquial
Jargon
Rhetoric
Oxymoron
16. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Climax
Verbal Irony
Imagery
Parable
17. 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.)
Hyperbole
Zeugma
Figurative Language
Repetition
18. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Connotation
Understatement
Paradox
Metaphor
19. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Sarcasm
Assonance
Homily
Pun
20. Change and growth of the character
Theme
Characterization
Synecdoche
Didactic
21. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Inductive Reasoning
Subtext
22. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Cliche
A Priori Reasoning
Diction
Oratory
23. Emotional definition of a word
Repetition
Connotation
Ambiguity
Aphorism
24. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Denouement
Synecdoche
Pathos
Symbol
25. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Analogy
Juxtaposition
Figurative Language
Oxymoron
26. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Archetype
Oratory
Euphemism
27. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Motif
Rhetoric
Ambiguity
Extended Metaphor
28. Same ending sounds
Conceit
Extended Metaphor
Mood
Consonance
29. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Juxtaposition
Rhetoric
Mood
Enumeration
30. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Foil
Paradox
Sarcasm
31. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Subtext
Epigraph
Sarcasm
Verbal Irony
32. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Mood
Extended Metaphor
Cliche
Logical Fallacy
33. A formal speech praising one who has died
Metaphor
Paradox
Situational Irony
Eulogy
34. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Enumeration
Climax
Dialect
Assonance
35. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Euphemism
Denouement
Sarcasm
36. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Non Sequitur
Epiphany
Subtext
Parable
37. The use of slang in writing
Epiphany
Allusion
Colloquial
Dramatic Irony
38. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Characterization
Deductive Reasoning
Jargon
Repetition
39. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Parallelism
Chiasmus
Denouement
Allegory
40. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Parody
Foreshadowing
Controlling Metaphor
Didactic
41. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Pedantic
Point of attack
Foreshadowing
Allusion
42. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Allusion
Alliteration
Pun
Oxymoron
43. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Epiphany
Pun
Consonance
Inductive Reasoning
44. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Sarcasm
Aphorism
Oxymoron
Understatement
45. Direct contrast or opposite
Foil
Antithesis
Setting
Allegory
46. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Denotation
Climax
Bathos
Rhetoric
47. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Verbal Irony
Zeugma
Ambiguity
Motif
48. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Archetype
Onomatopoeia
Controlling Metaphor
Enumeration
49. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Motif
Repetition
Metaphor
Anecdote
50. A moment of great revelation
Hyperbole
Epiphany
Pun
Conceit