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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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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. A particularly clever extended metaphor






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






3. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






4. Same ending sounds






5. Events that take place before the story begins






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






7. A short witty statement






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






9. An overused expression






10. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






11. Unexpected outcome in the plot






12. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






13. A sermon or moralistic lecture






14. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






15. An unexpected outcome






16. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






17. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting






18. A formal speech praising one who has died






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






20. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas






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






22. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






23. Word choice






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






25. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






26. Sound words - imitative harmony






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






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






29. When the story begins






30. A direct comparison






31. Same beginning sound






32. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect






33. Word order or organization






34. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite






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






36. Words that create mental pictures






37. Repetition of vowel sounds






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






39. The answer to a question






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






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






42. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






43. A story that functions on the symbolic level






44. A mistake in reasoning






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






46. Contrasting words placed together for effect






47. Technical - specialized language






48. Words which evoke sorrow






49. Dictionary definition of a word






50. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things