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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. The recreation of regional spoken language
Eulogy
Dialect
Parody
Pathetic Fallacy
2. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Didactic
Dialect
Personification
Verbal Irony
3. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Repetition
Zeugma
Ambiguity
Subtext
4. Technical - specialized language
Climax
Thesis
Metaphor
Jargon
5. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Point of attack
A Priori Reasoning
Repetition
Inductive Reasoning
6. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Didactic
Tone
Characterization
Ad Hominem
7. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Climax
Non Sequitur
Bathos
Personification
8. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Rhetoric
Consonance
Foil
Euphemism
9. The underlying message
Pathetic Fallacy
Theme
Thesis
Tone
10. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Colloquial
Mood
Logical Fallacy
11. A short witty statement
Synecdoche
Analogy
Aphorism
Syllogism
12. Word order or organization
Syntax
Logical Fallacy
Simile
Jargon
13. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Assonance
Setting
Repetition
14. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Controlling Metaphor
Imagery
Extended Metaphor
15. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Antithesis
Ad Hominem
Subtext
Setting
16. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Synecdoche
Tone
Exposition
17. Word choice
Diction
Cliche
Oratory
Onomatopoeia
18. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Parallelism
Motif
Bathos
Conflict
19. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Extended Metaphor
Aphorism
Epigraph
20. A numbered list
Cliche
Enumeration
Syllogism
Motif
21. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Epitaph
Non Sequitur
Theme
22. A comparison using like or as
Tone
Pathetic Fallacy
Simile
Allegory
23. Direct contrast or opposite
Deductive Reasoning
Satire
Antithesis
Symbol
24. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Zeugma
A Priori Reasoning
Foil
Diction
25. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Jargon
Allegory
Pun
26. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Paradox
Deductive Reasoning
Homily
Anaphora
27. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Ad Hominem
Extended Metaphor
Epigraph
28. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Figurative Language
Homily
Oxymoron
Connotation
29. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Motif
Ad Hominem
Non Sequitur
Parody
30. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Pun
Euphemism
Allusion
Imagery
31. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Diction
Inference
Pun
Foreshadowing
32. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Assonance
Parallelism
Homily
Parable
33. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Analogy
Jargon
Characterization
Conflict
34. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Allusion
Jargon
Oratory
Rhetorical Question
35. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Theme
Climax
Hyperbole
36. Same ending sounds
Motif
Allegory
Aphorism
Consonance
37. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Syntax
Foreshadowing
Ad Hominem
Onomatopoeia
38. The use of slang in writing
Bathos
Colloquial
Extended Metaphor
Pathos
39. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Rhetoric
Extended Metaphor
Epigraph
Apostrophe
40. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Parable
Epiphany
Diction
Anecdote
41. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Personification
Apostrophe
Analogy
Denouement
42. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Anecdote
Anticlimax
Parallelism
Ad Hominem
43. Time and place of a story
Pathos
Setting
Pathetic Fallacy
Sarcasm
44. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Allegory
Apostrophe
Homily
Onomatopoeia
45. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Inference
Motif
Synecdoche
Irony
46. A moment of great revelation
Assonance
Epiphany
Syntax
Subtext
47. Direct contrast or opposite
Verbal Irony
Metonymy
Figurative Language
Antithesis
48. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Bathos
Dialect
Subtext
Jargon
49. A formal speech praising one who has died
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Eulogy
Pedantic
50. The answer to a question
Inductive Reasoning
Thesis
Allusion
Figurative Language
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