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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An inscription on a tombstone






2. A conclusion drawn from presented details






3. Words that create mental pictures






4. A moment of great revelation






5. A comparison using like or as






6. A story that functions on the symbolic level






7. A political comment through the use of humor






8. A formal - often pompous - speech






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






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






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






12. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






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






14. Same ending sounds






15. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)






16. An overused expression






17. Emotional response of the reader






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






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






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






21. A mistake in reasoning






22. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






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






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






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






26. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






27. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work






28. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






29. The recreation of regional spoken language






30. A direct comparison






31. Where the audience knows more than the character






32. Word choice






33. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point






34. Same beginning sound






35. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






36. Direct contrast or opposite






37. A sermon or moralistic lecture






38. Word order or organization






39. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite






40. A numbered list






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






42. When the story begins






43. Technical - specialized language






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






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






46. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






47. Dictionary definition of a word






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






49. Time and place of a story






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







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