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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 word that represents a larger idea or concept
Parable
Irony
Symbol
Point of attack
2. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Onomatopoeia
Rhetoric
Anticlimax
Apostrophe
3. Dictionary definition of a word
Epitaph
Denotation
Epiphany
Deductive Reasoning
4. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Connotation
Pathetic Fallacy
Anaphora
Anticlimax
5. Repetition of vowel sounds
Theme
Parable
Allegory
Assonance
6. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Subtext
Syllogism
Denouement
7. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Epiphany
Foil
Antithesis
Climax
8. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Paradox
Enumeration
Oxymoron
Extended Metaphor
9. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Connotation
Analogy
Exposition
Subtext
10. The recreation of regional spoken language
Analogy
Assonance
Setting
Dialect
11. An unexpected outcome
Pun
Irony
Denouement
Thesis
12. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Paradox
Pun
Epitaph
13. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Allegory
Anecdote
Didactic
Parody
14. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Paradox
Cliche
Dialect
Foil
15. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Synecdoche
Connotation
Jargon
16. Emotional response of the reader
Parallelism
Alliteration
Mood
Verbal Irony
17. A formal speech praising one who has died
Parody
Symbol
Eulogy
Chiasmus
18. Direct contrast or opposite
Consonance
Personification
Satire
Antithesis
19. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Syllogism
Oratory
Bathos
Denouement
20. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Anaphora
Epitaph
Conflict
Tone
21. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Archetype
Connotation
Controlling Metaphor
Synecdoche
22. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Eulogy
Pedantic
Situational Irony
23. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Anecdote
Allegory
Syllogism
Repetition
24. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Homily
Irony
Hyperbole
25. Words which evoke sorrow
Non Sequitur
Figurative Language
Archetype
Pathos
26. Where the audience knows more than the character
Pedantic
Ad Hominem
Dramatic Irony
Imagery
27. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Allusion
Apostrophe
Simile
Connotation
28. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Hyperbole
Didactic
Consonance
Euphemism
29. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Denouement
Exposition
Thesis
30. A direct comparison
Subtext
Inference
Homily
Metaphor
31. Emotional definition of a word
Apostrophe
Analogy
Oratory
Connotation
32. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Flashback
Verbal Irony
Parody
Inductive Reasoning
33. When the story begins
Synecdoche
Understatement
Anecdote
Point of attack
34. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Deductive Reasoning
Euphemism
Theme
Flashback
35. An overused expression
Tone
Cliche
Foreshadowing
Situational Irony
36. A numbered list
Paradox
Enumeration
Non Sequitur
Foreshadowing
37. The use of slang in writing
Thesis
Bathos
Tone
Colloquial
38. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Rhetoric
Allegory
Imagery
Conflict
39. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Oratory
Characterization
Foreshadowing
Ad Hominem
40. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Anaphora
Diction
Situational Irony
Antithesis
41. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Foreshadowing
Alliteration
Juxtaposition
Verbal Irony
42. Time and place of a story
Denouement
Setting
Hyperbole
Simile
43. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Aphorism
Anecdote
Antithesis
Symbol
44. Exaggeration
Denotation
Repetition
Hyperbole
Anaphora
45. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Oxymoron
Chiasmus
Anaphora
Extended Metaphor
46. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Thesis
Epigraph
Deductive Reasoning
Bathos
47. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Colloquial
Understatement
Aphorism
Flashback
48. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Setting
Metaphor
Paradox
Characterization
49. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Climax
Figurative Language
Pathetic Fallacy
Homily
50. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Epitaph
Irony
Conceit