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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 direct comparison
Metaphor
Setting
Denouement
Alliteration
2. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Bathos
Extended Metaphor
Syllogism
Allusion
3. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Repetition
Point of attack
Climax
Oratory
4. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Chiasmus
Archetype
Bathos
Euphemism
5. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Colloquial
Juxtaposition
Logical Fallacy
6. A moment of great revelation
Epitaph
Epiphany
Tone
Imagery
7. 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.)
Verbal Irony
Zeugma
Personification
Exposition
8. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Allegory
Characterization
Sarcasm
Denouement
9. The underlying message
Foreshadowing
Aphorism
Theme
Chiasmus
10. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Allegory
Tone
Eulogy
Characterization
11. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Understatement
Parody
Bathos
Figurative Language
12. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Climax
Archetype
Rhetoric
13. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Imagery
Antithesis
Tone
Pun
14. When the story begins
Foreshadowing
Logical Fallacy
Imagery
Point of attack
15. A formal speech praising one who has died
Jargon
Eulogy
Synecdoche
Setting
16. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Setting
Extended Metaphor
Pedantic
Anecdote
17. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Extended Metaphor
Rhetoric
Enumeration
18. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Figurative Language
Deductive Reasoning
Oxymoron
Non Sequitur
19. Words that create mental pictures
Anecdote
Symbol
Deductive Reasoning
Imagery
20. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Syllogism
Exposition
Homily
21. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Characterization
Ambiguity
Denotation
Inductive Reasoning
22. Emotional definition of a word
Metonymy
Connotation
Allegory
Extended Metaphor
23. A short witty statement
Climax
Symbol
Aphorism
Onomatopoeia
24. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Characterization
A Priori Reasoning
Euphemism
Understatement
25. A formal - often pompous - speech
Oratory
Foreshadowing
Setting
Allegory
26. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Parable
Conceit
Bathos
Rhetorical Question
27. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Ad Hominem
Inference
Setting
28. The use of slang in writing
Rhetoric
Denotation
Archetype
Colloquial
29. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Denotation
Situational Irony
Symbol
Foil
30. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Metonymy
Onomatopoeia
Rhetoric
Thesis
31. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Anticlimax
Pathetic Fallacy
Extended Metaphor
Point of attack
32. Events that take place before the story begins
Satire
Enumeration
Exposition
Ambiguity
33. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Rhetoric
Parallelism
Didactic
Inductive Reasoning
34. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Theme
Denotation
Foreshadowing
35. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Foil
Synecdoche
Ad Hominem
36. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Alliteration
Anaphora
Eulogy
Juxtaposition
37. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Deductive Reasoning
Syntax
Logical Fallacy
Denouement
38. Sound words - imitative harmony
Conflict
Pathetic Fallacy
Euphemism
Onomatopoeia
39. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Pathetic Fallacy
Pun
Synecdoche
Exposition
40. Word choice
Diction
Understatement
Conflict
Inductive Reasoning
41. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Foreshadowing
Apostrophe
Colloquial
Non Sequitur
42. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Metonymy
Chiasmus
Rhetorical Question
43. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Syntax
Didactic
Epitaph
Anticlimax
44. An unexpected outcome
Pathos
Irony
Euphemism
Figurative Language
45. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Pedantic
Epitaph
Sarcasm
Allegory
46. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Paradox
Oratory
Antithesis
47. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Archetype
Imagery
Allegory
A Priori Reasoning
48. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Deductive Reasoning
Pedantic
Parallelism
Homily
49. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Flashback
Colloquial
Motif
Rhetorical Question
50. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Foreshadowing
Archetype
Connotation
Inductive Reasoning