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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. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Symbol
Diction
Allusion
Jargon
2. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Verbal Irony
Non Sequitur
Metonymy
Aphorism
3. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Antithesis
Metaphor
Colloquial
Parallelism
4. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Satire
Conflict
Pathetic Fallacy
Consonance
5. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Conceit
Anecdote
Inductive Reasoning
Onomatopoeia
6. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Oxymoron
Extended Metaphor
Theme
Figurative Language
7. Time and place of a story
Setting
Anecdote
Controlling Metaphor
Conceit
8. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Colloquial
Repetition
Deductive Reasoning
Diction
9. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Mood
Pathetic Fallacy
Anecdote
Pedantic
10. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Subtext
Parallelism
Epitaph
11. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Setting
Verbal Irony
Archetype
12. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Situational Irony
Tone
13. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Ad Hominem
Metaphor
Controlling Metaphor
Personification
14. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Epitaph
Dramatic Irony
Extended Metaphor
Didactic
15. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Foreshadowing
Symbol
Pathos
16. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Diction
A Priori Reasoning
Oxymoron
Simile
17. Emotional response of the reader
Non Sequitur
Parody
Irony
Mood
18. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Inference
Homily
Verbal Irony
Juxtaposition
19. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Apostrophe
Climax
Synecdoche
Foreshadowing
20. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Zeugma
Motif
Pun
Paradox
21. Dictionary definition of a word
Imagery
Ambiguity
Denotation
Understatement
22. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Epitaph
Non Sequitur
Anecdote
23. Emotional definition of a word
Syllogism
Irony
Connotation
Foil
24. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Deductive Reasoning
Anecdote
Hyperbole
Archetype
25. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Antithesis
Rhetoric
Logical Fallacy
Foil
26. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Ad Hominem
Imagery
Anaphora
Foreshadowing
27. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Symbol
Subtext
Personification
28. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Bathos
Rhetoric
Metonymy
Foreshadowing
29. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Synecdoche
Simile
Flashback
Bathos
30. Word choice
Colloquial
Syllogism
Logical Fallacy
Diction
31. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Anecdote
Characterization
Dialect
Sarcasm
32. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Understatement
Synecdoche
Antithesis
Exposition
33. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Anaphora
Chiasmus
Mood
Exposition
34. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Archetype
Euphemism
Onomatopoeia
Eulogy
35. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Consonance
Syllogism
Verbal Irony
Foil
36. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Controlling Metaphor
Personification
Assonance
Metonymy
37. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Denouement
Anaphora
Subtext
Epitaph
38. Change and growth of the character
Anaphora
Euphemism
Sarcasm
Characterization
39. Direct contrast or opposite
Repetition
Deductive Reasoning
Antithesis
Dramatic Irony
40. Direct contrast or opposite
Apostrophe
Figurative Language
Antithesis
Allegory
41. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Alliteration
Juxtaposition
Figurative Language
Apostrophe
42. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Rhetorical Question
Situational Irony
Setting
Parody
43. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Satire
Pedantic
A Priori Reasoning
Homily
44. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Repetition
Cliche
Conceit
45. The recreation of regional spoken language
Hyperbole
Simile
Dialect
Exposition
46. Where the audience knows more than the character
Setting
A Priori Reasoning
Dramatic Irony
Non Sequitur
47. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Controlling Metaphor
Assonance
Conceit
Analogy
48. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Analogy
Denouement
Anaphora
Denotation
49. A mistake in reasoning
Ambiguity
Metonymy
Logical Fallacy
Allusion
50. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Anaphora
Simile
Subtext