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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. Direct contrast or opposite






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






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






4. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite






5. Sound words - imitative harmony






6. A sermon or moralistic lecture






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






8. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is






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






10. A direct comparison






11. Repetition of vowel sounds






12. Emotional response of the reader






13. An overused expression






14. Emotional definition of a word






15. The underlying message






16. Technical - specialized language






17. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






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






19. Word order or organization






20. Events that take place before the story begins






21. Direct contrast or opposite






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






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






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






25. A numbered list






26. Time and place of a story






27. Where the audience knows more than the character






28. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






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






30. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






31. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






32. Literary - historical - artistic reference






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






34. An inscription on a tombstone






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






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






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






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






39. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






40. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous






41. Change and growth of the character






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






43. Contrasting words placed together for effect






44. A political comment through the use of humor






45. Dictionary definition of a word






46. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






47. An unexpected outcome






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






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






50. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics