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






2. Same ending sounds






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






4. Technical - specialized language






5. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






6. A short witty statement






7. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






8. Emotional response of the reader






9. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






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






11. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral






12. The answer to a question






13. The use of slang in writing






14. Word choice






15. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






16. Where the audience knows more than the character






17. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea






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






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






20. A formal speech praising one who has died






21. Time and place of a story






22. Same beginning sound






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






24. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






25. A numbered list






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






27. An inscription on a tombstone






28. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






29. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)






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






31. Direct contrast or opposite






32. A moment of great revelation






33. A formal - often pompous - speech






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






35. An unexpected outcome






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






37. A comparison using like or as






38. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme






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






40. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






41. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)






42. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






43. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious






44. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






45. Dictionary definition of a word






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






47. Contrasting words placed together for effect






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






49. A mistake in reasoning






50. A particularly clever extended metaphor