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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. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Pedantic
Parable
Synecdoche
2. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Tone
Anecdote
Enumeration
Subtext
3. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Assonance
Homily
Hyperbole
Archetype
4. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Denotation
Epigraph
Logical Fallacy
Characterization
5. Events that take place before the story begins
Anecdote
Exposition
Symbol
Euphemism
6. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Parallelism
Onomatopoeia
Understatement
7. A numbered list
Enumeration
Foil
Mood
Chiasmus
8. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Pun
Ambiguity
Denouement
Understatement
9. An unexpected outcome
Theme
Bathos
Irony
Imagery
10. Change and growth of the character
Ad Hominem
Archetype
Simile
Characterization
11. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Epigraph
Jargon
Controlling Metaphor
Synecdoche
12. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Archetype
Zeugma
Repetition
Extended Metaphor
13. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Homily
Colloquial
Metonymy
Logical Fallacy
14. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Pedantic
Controlling Metaphor
Diction
Allusion
15. An overused expression
Climax
Parable
Theme
Cliche
16. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Zeugma
Epiphany
Foil
17. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Anticlimax
Rhetorical Question
Ambiguity
Oxymoron
18. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Dramatic Irony
Cliche
Pedantic
Archetype
19. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Sarcasm
Hyperbole
Aphorism
Anaphora
20. Emotional definition of a word
Connotation
Tone
Bathos
Epiphany
21. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Logical Fallacy
Ad Hominem
Simile
Diction
22. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Figurative Language
Rhetorical Question
Inductive Reasoning
23. The use of slang in writing
Onomatopoeia
Colloquial
Inference
Antithesis
24. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Non Sequitur
Bathos
Subtext
Irony
25. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Denouement
Conflict
Aphorism
26. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Deductive Reasoning
Motif
Repetition
Metaphor
27. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Symbol
Oratory
Apostrophe
Pathetic Fallacy
28. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Flashback
Dialect
Eulogy
29. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Pathos
Didactic
Extended Metaphor
30. Technical - specialized language
Situational Irony
Paradox
Jargon
Cliche
31. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Conceit
Verbal Irony
Connotation
Symbol
32. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Tone
Denouement
Archetype
Paradox
33. Sound words - imitative harmony
Dramatic Irony
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Parallelism
34. Emotional response of the reader
Extended Metaphor
Metonymy
Parody
Mood
35. The recreation of regional spoken language
Denouement
Inductive Reasoning
Onomatopoeia
Dialect
36. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Pedantic
Simile
Rhetoric
Theme
37. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Simile
Allegory
Alliteration
38. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Metaphor
Characterization
A Priori Reasoning
Parable
39. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Connotation
Tone
Synecdoche
40. Word order or organization
Parable
Deductive Reasoning
Syntax
Theme
41. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Consonance
Rhetoric
Anticlimax
Non Sequitur
42. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Tone
Controlling Metaphor
Syllogism
Denouement
43. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Paradox
Ad Hominem
Dialect
44. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Epiphany
Sarcasm
Juxtaposition
45. The answer to a question
Subtext
Thesis
Deductive Reasoning
Extended Metaphor
46. The underlying message
Euphemism
Theme
Personification
A Priori Reasoning
47. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Aphorism
Onomatopoeia
Simile
48. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Conceit
Ad Hominem
Denotation
49. Repetition of vowel sounds
Repetition
Figurative Language
Assonance
Epitaph
50. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Allusion
A Priori Reasoning
Allegory
Situational Irony