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Rhetoric Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action






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






3. A direct comparison






4. A sermon or moralistic lecture






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






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






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






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






9. Emotional response of the reader






10. Unexpected outcome in the plot






11. Word choice






12. When the story begins






13. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






14. Same beginning sound






15. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen






16. A political comment through the use of humor






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






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






19. Where the audience knows more than the character






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






21. Words that create mental pictures






22. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






23. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






24. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






25. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas






26. Change and growth of the character






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






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






29. Direct contrast or opposite






30. Events that take place before the story begins






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






32. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






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






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






35. A numbered list






36. An overused expression






37. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect






38. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






39. Dictionary definition of a word






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






41. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words






42. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






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






44. An unexpected outcome






45. A comparison using like or as






46. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






47. Emotional definition of a word






48. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






49. A formal - often pompous - speech






50. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite