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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 metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Parable
Extended Metaphor
A Priori Reasoning
Connotation
2. When the story begins
Anticlimax
Point of attack
Epiphany
Non Sequitur
3. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Parallelism
Setting
Sarcasm
Pedantic
4. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Allegory
Tone
Pedantic
5. Where the audience knows more than the character
Understatement
Dramatic Irony
Oratory
Motif
6. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Simile
Epitaph
Anecdote
Denouement
7. An overused expression
Subtext
Logical Fallacy
Chiasmus
Cliche
8. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Syllogism
Antithesis
Parable
Zeugma
9. Time and place of a story
Setting
Denouement
Consonance
Pedantic
10. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Epigraph
Satire
Colloquial
Analogy
11. Words that create mental pictures
Rhetoric
Connotation
Imagery
Juxtaposition
12. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Dialect
Parallelism
Rhetorical Question
Consonance
13. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Syllogism
Anaphora
Satire
14. A formal speech praising one who has died
Allegory
Eulogy
Paradox
Alliteration
15. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Mood
Syllogism
Rhetorical Question
Personification
16. The recreation of regional spoken language
Dialect
Allusion
Rhetoric
Motif
17. Emotional response of the reader
Antithesis
Epiphany
Mood
Parallelism
18. Technical - specialized language
Epigraph
Personification
Jargon
Rhetoric
19. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Diction
Logical Fallacy
Figurative Language
Climax
20. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Colloquial
Inductive Reasoning
Satire
Denouement
21. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Pedantic
Denouement
Irony
Flashback
22. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Motif
Analogy
Synecdoche
23. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Rhetorical Question
Connotation
Point of attack
Allusion
24. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Jargon
Syllogism
Juxtaposition
Alliteration
25. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Extended Metaphor
Non Sequitur
Allusion
26. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Anecdote
Conflict
Rhetoric
Foil
27. Same beginning sound
Oxymoron
Dialect
Epiphany
Alliteration
28. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Sarcasm
Denotation
Bathos
29. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Paradox
Mood
Subtext
Repetition
30. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Verbal Irony
Tone
Eulogy
Antithesis
31. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Foreshadowing
Conflict
Dramatic Irony
Understatement
32. Emotional definition of a word
Consonance
Connotation
Allegory
Oxymoron
33. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Archetype
Assonance
Chiasmus
Deductive Reasoning
34. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Homily
Cliche
Parallelism
Antithesis
35. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Denotation
Synecdoche
Metonymy
Epigraph
36. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Analogy
Personification
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
37. Sound words - imitative harmony
Parody
Onomatopoeia
Inference
Didactic
38. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Cliche
Metaphor
Analogy
39. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pathos
Pun
Foil
Simile
40. Repetition of vowel sounds
Synecdoche
Paradox
Antithesis
Assonance
41. A mistake in reasoning
Logical Fallacy
Jargon
Parable
Metaphor
42. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Antithesis
Sarcasm
Foreshadowing
Figurative Language
43. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Inference
Subtext
Apostrophe
Ambiguity
44. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Sarcasm
Exposition
Non Sequitur
Flashback
45. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Allusion
Subtext
A Priori Reasoning
46. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Ambiguity
Eulogy
Subtext
Onomatopoeia
47. A political comment through the use of humor
Enumeration
Dramatic Irony
Satire
Consonance
48. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Antithesis
Symbol
Rhetoric
Understatement
49. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Motif
Satire
Foil
Enumeration
50. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Zeugma
Extended Metaphor
Parody