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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Parody
Eulogy
Inference
2. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Parable
Flashback
Pedantic
Epiphany
3. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Connotation
Aphorism
Chiasmus
4. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Epigraph
Epiphany
Homily
Aphorism
5. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Tone
Consonance
Motif
Satire
6. A political comment through the use of humor
Theme
Satire
Climax
Hyperbole
7. Direct contrast or opposite
Setting
Euphemism
Ambiguity
Antithesis
8. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Denouement
Aphorism
Hyperbole
9. Where the audience knows more than the character
Exposition
Tone
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
10. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Aphorism
Pedantic
Foreshadowing
Epiphany
11. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Bathos
Symbol
Foil
Flashback
12. Same beginning sound
Controlling Metaphor
Inductive Reasoning
Alliteration
Pedantic
13. Words that create mental pictures
Conflict
Theme
Personification
Imagery
14. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Eulogy
Characterization
Imagery
Subtext
15. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Syntax
Pedantic
Theme
Parody
16. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Cliche
Ambiguity
A Priori Reasoning
Apostrophe
17. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Denotation
Situational Irony
Ambiguity
18. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Epitaph
Analogy
Satire
Allusion
19. An inscription on a tombstone
Pathetic Fallacy
Synecdoche
Epitaph
Characterization
20. A numbered list
Enumeration
Alliteration
Controlling Metaphor
Flashback
21. An unexpected outcome
Aphorism
Irony
Motif
Anaphora
22. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Epigraph
Parody
Understatement
Repetition
23. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
A Priori Reasoning
Synecdoche
Pathos
Analogy
24. Events that take place before the story begins
Antithesis
Exposition
Juxtaposition
Allusion
25. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Symbol
Dramatic Irony
Mood
26. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Repetition
Inductive Reasoning
Oxymoron
Pedantic
27. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Syllogism
Antithesis
Inductive Reasoning
Figurative Language
28. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Apostrophe
Rhetoric
Pun
29. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Archetype
Zeugma
Ad Hominem
30. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Subtext
Understatement
Anticlimax
Tone
31. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Non Sequitur
Flashback
Aphorism
Pedantic
32. Emotional definition of a word
Figurative Language
Homily
Connotation
Conflict
33. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Paradox
Colloquial
Understatement
Situational Irony
34. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Euphemism
Anaphora
Controlling Metaphor
Homily
35. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Oxymoron
Apostrophe
Didactic
Inductive Reasoning
36. Technical - specialized language
Apostrophe
Jargon
Flashback
Oxymoron
37. Word order or organization
Denotation
Simile
Dramatic Irony
Syntax
38. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Ad Hominem
Archetype
Simile
Metonymy
39. A short witty statement
Ambiguity
Thesis
Aphorism
Analogy
40. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Ad Hominem
Situational Irony
Euphemism
Juxtaposition
41. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Sarcasm
Epitaph
Ad Hominem
Metonymy
42. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Dialect
Imagery
Consonance
43. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anaphora
Apostrophe
A Priori Reasoning
Epitaph
44. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Subtext
Aphorism
Ambiguity
45. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Rhetorical Question
Conceit
Pathetic Fallacy
Cliche
46. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Pathetic Fallacy
Alliteration
Chiasmus
47. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Mood
Epigraph
Parable
Foreshadowing
48. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Flashback
A Priori Reasoning
Juxtaposition
Anecdote
49. 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.)
Inductive Reasoning
Symbol
Zeugma
Ad Hominem
50. A comparison using like or as
Connotation
Didactic
Consonance
Simile
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