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Rhetoric Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Events that take place before the story begins






2. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme






3. Change and growth of the character






4. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action






5. Literary - historical - artistic reference






6. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general






7. The answer to a question






8. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






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






10. The use of slang in writing






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






12. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"






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






14. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






15. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






16. Words which evoke sorrow






17. A sermon or moralistic lecture






18. Repetition of vowel sounds






19. The recreation of regional spoken language






20. Contrasting words placed together for effect






21. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






22. Word choice






23. A formal speech praising one who has died






24. The underlying message






25. Time and place of a story






26. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure






27. An inscription on a tombstone






28. An unexpected outcome






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






30. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






31. Where the audience knows more than the character






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






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






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






35. A particularly clever extended metaphor






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






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






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






39. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






40. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






41. Same ending sounds






42. Sound words - imitative harmony






43. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






44. Exaggeration






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






46. A conclusion drawn from presented details






47. Emotional definition of a word






48. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)






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






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