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






2. Same beginning sound






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






4. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






5. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






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






7. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






8. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






9. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






10. An overused expression






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






12. A story that functions on the symbolic level






13. The use of slang in writing






14. Words that create mental pictures






15. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






16. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






17. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






18. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)






19. Exaggeration






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






21. Change and growth of the character






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






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






24. Unexpected outcome in the plot






25. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






26. A political comment through the use of humor






27. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure






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






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






30. A formal - often pompous - speech






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






32. Events that take place before the story begins






33. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes






34. Time and place of a story






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






36. A sermon or moralistic lecture






37. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






38. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






39. A mistake in reasoning






40. Literary - historical - artistic reference






41. Emotional response of the reader






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






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






44. Sound words - imitative harmony






45. The underlying message






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






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






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






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






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