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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






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






3. A numbered list






4. The answer to a question






5. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






6. A story that functions on the symbolic level






7. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






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






9. Same beginning sound






10. Exaggeration






11. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there






12. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






13. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words






14. Time and place of a story






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






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






17. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






18. Direct contrast or opposite






19. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






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






21. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






22. Words that create mental pictures






23. Events that take place before the story begins






24. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes






25. Same ending sounds






26. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is






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






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






29. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






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






31. An overused expression






32. A short witty statement






33. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






34. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






35. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning






36. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific






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






38. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')






39. Unexpected outcome in the plot






40. Words which evoke sorrow






41. A moment of great revelation






42. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite






43. A comparison using like or as






44. Technical - specialized language






45. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






46. An inscription on a tombstone






47. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)






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






49. A direct comparison






50. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous







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