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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Syntax
Allusion
Rhetorical Question
Foil
2. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Onomatopoeia
Ad Hominem
Homily
Allusion
3. Technical - specialized language
Apostrophe
Pun
Juxtaposition
Jargon
4. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Diction
Inference
Oxymoron
Sarcasm
5. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Situational Irony
Understatement
Anecdote
Assonance
6. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Pathetic Fallacy
Colloquial
Ambiguity
7. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Rhetoric
Figurative Language
Non Sequitur
Ambiguity
8. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Subtext
Homily
Controlling Metaphor
9. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Chiasmus
Allusion
Alliteration
10. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Dramatic Irony
Pun
Parallelism
Juxtaposition
11. When the story begins
Ad Hominem
Irony
Point of attack
Inductive Reasoning
12. Emotional response of the reader
Theme
Understatement
A Priori Reasoning
Mood
13. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Foreshadowing
Conceit
Pathetic Fallacy
14. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Antithesis
Diction
Syllogism
Rhetorical Question
15. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Metonymy
Anaphora
Epiphany
Anecdote
16. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Metaphor
Didactic
Connotation
17. Same beginning sound
Dialect
Logical Fallacy
Setting
Alliteration
18. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Chiasmus
Apostrophe
Dialect
19. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Chiasmus
Situational Irony
Epiphany
Parable
20. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Epigraph
Situational Irony
Allegory
A Priori Reasoning
21. A formal - often pompous - speech
Characterization
Oratory
Conflict
Satire
22. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Bathos
Foreshadowing
Deductive Reasoning
Anticlimax
23. Where the audience knows more than the character
Syntax
Consonance
Dramatic Irony
Personification
24. Same ending sounds
Rhetoric
Consonance
Setting
Dramatic Irony
25. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Ambiguity
Analogy
Figurative Language
Inference
26. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Alliteration
Parallelism
Consonance
Oxymoron
27. The use of slang in writing
Inference
Colloquial
Climax
Personification
28. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Foil
Epigraph
Consonance
29. Sound words - imitative harmony
Zeugma
Onomatopoeia
Epigraph
Repetition
30. A formal speech praising one who has died
Irony
Eulogy
Motif
Parable
31. A direct comparison
Metaphor
A Priori Reasoning
Denotation
Onomatopoeia
32. Word choice
Diction
Chiasmus
Cliche
Oratory
33. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Epitaph
Symbol
Denouement
34. The answer to a question
Situational Irony
Syntax
Tone
Thesis
35. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Inference
Personification
Climax
Allegory
36. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Paradox
Repetition
Eulogy
Extended Metaphor
37. A moment of great revelation
Epiphany
Parallelism
Apostrophe
Flashback
38. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Dialect
Bathos
Archetype
Irony
39. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Anaphora
Consonance
Pun
Deductive Reasoning
40. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Figurative Language
Satire
Deductive Reasoning
Anaphora
41. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Apostrophe
Denouement
Eulogy
Analogy
42. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Syllogism
Understatement
Foreshadowing
Tone
43. Emotional definition of a word
Connotation
Understatement
Allusion
Subtext
44. Events that take place before the story begins
Colloquial
A Priori Reasoning
Personification
Exposition
45. A political comment through the use of humor
Apostrophe
Tone
Ad Hominem
Satire
46. An unexpected outcome
Pedantic
Jargon
Bathos
Irony
47. An overused expression
Denouement
Conceit
Sarcasm
Cliche
48. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Parallelism
Metonymy
Archetype
Irony
49. Dictionary definition of a word
Parable
Homily
Denotation
Extended Metaphor
50. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Eulogy
Dramatic Irony
Allusion
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