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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An inscription on a tombstone
Synecdoche
Epitaph
Subtext
Antithesis
2. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Repetition
Conflict
Thesis
Parallelism
3. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Consonance
Characterization
Archetype
Thesis
4. When the story begins
Point of attack
Diction
Ambiguity
Conflict
5. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Foreshadowing
Inference
Tone
Characterization
6. A direct comparison
Inductive Reasoning
Metaphor
Tone
Denouement
7. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pedantic
Pun
Inference
Oxymoron
8. Events that take place before the story begins
Epigraph
Apostrophe
Epitaph
Exposition
9. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Epigraph
Didactic
Foreshadowing
10. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Connotation
Situational Irony
Rhetoric
Allegory
11. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Didactic
Situational Irony
Tone
12. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Repetition
Foil
Denouement
13. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Motif
Deductive Reasoning
Oxymoron
Foil
14. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Figurative Language
Zeugma
Mood
Anaphora
15. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Homily
Repetition
Inductive Reasoning
Ad Hominem
16. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Thesis
Controlling Metaphor
Allegory
Inductive Reasoning
17. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Figurative Language
Cliche
Metonymy
Irony
18. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Setting
Archetype
Extended Metaphor
Parable
19. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Deductive Reasoning
Dramatic Irony
Thesis
Inference
20. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Antithesis
Paradox
Syllogism
Subtext
21. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Figurative Language
Inductive Reasoning
Satire
Denouement
22. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Denotation
A Priori Reasoning
Sarcasm
Enumeration
23. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Foil
Figurative Language
Point of attack
24. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Parody
Enumeration
Homily
Non Sequitur
25. Sound words - imitative harmony
Syllogism
Parable
Simile
Onomatopoeia
26. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Jargon
Epigraph
Homily
Aphorism
27. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Metaphor
Zeugma
Pathos
Apostrophe
28. The answer to a question
Didactic
Thesis
Flashback
Analogy
29. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Theme
Epiphany
Conflict
Parallelism
30. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Eulogy
Jargon
Bathos
Oratory
31. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Homily
Inductive Reasoning
Oratory
Allusion
32. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Consonance
Simile
Denotation
Foil
33. Emotional response of the reader
Mood
Irony
Subtext
Flashback
34. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parable
Parody
Antithesis
Ad Hominem
35. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Didactic
Logical Fallacy
Personification
Flashback
36. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Metonymy
Symbol
Bathos
Foreshadowing
37. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dialect
Homily
A Priori Reasoning
Dramatic Irony
38. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Symbol
Parody
Conceit
39. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Symbol
Epigraph
Colloquial
Homily
40. A political comment through the use of humor
Pedantic
Satire
Ad Hominem
Connotation
41. A formal speech praising one who has died
Parable
Eulogy
Dialect
Apostrophe
42. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Motif
Antithesis
Assonance
43. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Synecdoche
Dramatic Irony
Diction
Conceit
44. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Deductive Reasoning
Syntax
Allusion
45. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Mood
Assonance
Syntax
Climax
46. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Symbol
Rhetoric
Anticlimax
Point of attack
47. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Metonymy
Sarcasm
Syllogism
Chiasmus
48. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Logical Fallacy
Epigraph
Juxtaposition
Controlling Metaphor
49. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Pathetic Fallacy
Oxymoron
Imagery
Anaphora
50. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Assonance
Colloquial
Chiasmus
Point of attack