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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
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. Same ending sounds
Syntax
Juxtaposition
Extended Metaphor
Consonance
2. The answer to a question
Thesis
Epiphany
Metaphor
Foil
3. An unexpected outcome
Epitaph
Understatement
Foil
Irony
4. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Mood
Metonymy
Antithesis
Anaphora
5. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Consonance
Cliche
Euphemism
6. The underlying message
Homily
Diction
Euphemism
Theme
7. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Inference
Climax
Repetition
Euphemism
8. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Apostrophe
Conflict
Satire
Consonance
9. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Extended Metaphor
Bathos
Inductive Reasoning
Archetype
10. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Metonymy
A Priori Reasoning
Controlling Metaphor
Rhetoric
11. A formal speech praising one who has died
Pathetic Fallacy
Eulogy
Antithesis
Allusion
12. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Synecdoche
Syntax
Pedantic
Mood
13. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Imagery
Metonymy
Denotation
Allusion
14. When the story begins
Syllogism
Oratory
Point of attack
Dialect
15. The recreation of regional spoken language
Denouement
Dialect
Ambiguity
Thesis
16. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Parallelism
Imagery
Rhetorical Question
Aphorism
17. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Assonance
Apostrophe
Foil
Figurative Language
18. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Understatement
Rhetoric
Oxymoron
Syllogism
19. Direct contrast or opposite
Synecdoche
Antithesis
Archetype
Syllogism
20. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Zeugma
Chiasmus
Theme
Figurative Language
21. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Colloquial
Bathos
Epitaph
Sarcasm
22. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Anecdote
Epigraph
Theme
Synecdoche
23. Where the audience knows more than the character
Rhetorical Question
Aphorism
Dramatic Irony
Mood
24. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Simile
Paradox
Flashback
Epiphany
25. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Antithesis
Non Sequitur
Ambiguity
Theme
26. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Characterization
Ad Hominem
A Priori Reasoning
Repetition
27. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Pedantic
Inductive Reasoning
Epitaph
Antithesis
28. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Syllogism
Anecdote
Pathos
Symbol
29. Emotional response of the reader
Ambiguity
Mood
Eulogy
Subtext
30. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Jargon
Verbal Irony
Apostrophe
Personification
31. A short witty statement
Irony
Metaphor
Aphorism
Foil
32. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Bathos
Situational Irony
Syntax
Irony
33. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Climax
Analogy
Archetype
Syllogism
34. Word order or organization
Oratory
Deductive Reasoning
Syntax
Characterization
35. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Point of attack
Repetition
Verbal Irony
36. An inscription on a tombstone
Rhetorical Question
Extended Metaphor
Subtext
Epitaph
37. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Bathos
Dialect
A Priori Reasoning
Ad Hominem
38. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Repetition
Enumeration
Syntax
39. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Imagery
Ambiguity
Denouement
Archetype
40. Repetition of vowel sounds
Synecdoche
Characterization
Flashback
Assonance
41. 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.)
Euphemism
Chiasmus
Zeugma
Denotation
42. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Archetype
Juxtaposition
Motif
43. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Ambiguity
Deductive Reasoning
Epiphany
44. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Aphorism
Personification
Situational Irony
45. Time and place of a story
Setting
Simile
Aphorism
Inductive Reasoning
46. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Alliteration
Didactic
Verbal Irony
Onomatopoeia
47. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Eulogy
Extended Metaphor
Chiasmus
48. A formal - often pompous - speech
Consonance
Oratory
Understatement
Oxymoron
49. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Tone
Aphorism
Subtext
50. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Anaphora
Inference
Parody
Didactic