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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Simile
Epitaph
Pathetic Fallacy
Diction
2. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Homily
Antithesis
Understatement
Cliche
3. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Satire
Irony
Euphemism
4. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Ad Hominem
Non Sequitur
Situational Irony
Mood
5. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Pun
Syntax
Rhetorical Question
Inference
6. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Epigraph
Alliteration
Consonance
7. Exaggeration
Mood
Hyperbole
Apostrophe
Onomatopoeia
8. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Allusion
Parody
Figurative Language
Subtext
9. The underlying message
Pathos
Theme
Verbal Irony
Oratory
10. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Cliche
Anecdote
Homily
11. The answer to a question
Homily
Mood
Pathetic Fallacy
Thesis
12. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
A Priori Reasoning
Analogy
Sarcasm
Repetition
13. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Metaphor
Understatement
Pun
Pathetic Fallacy
14. Direct contrast or opposite
Simile
Motif
Antithesis
Oxymoron
15. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Paradox
Bathos
Tone
Archetype
16. Same ending sounds
Conceit
Paradox
Consonance
Metaphor
17. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
A Priori Reasoning
Climax
Theme
Pedantic
18. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Motif
Subtext
Analogy
Sarcasm
19. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Imagery
Apostrophe
Assonance
Extended Metaphor
20. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Epiphany
Zeugma
Euphemism
Allusion
21. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Anaphora
Extended Metaphor
Pedantic
Epigraph
22. Emotional definition of a word
Conceit
Eulogy
Connotation
Parody
23. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Cliche
Jargon
Personification
Archetype
24. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Ambiguity
Zeugma
Irony
25. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Foreshadowing
Denotation
Point of attack
Controlling Metaphor
26. A mistake in reasoning
Logical Fallacy
Jargon
Euphemism
Theme
27. The recreation of regional spoken language
Dialect
Eulogy
Antithesis
Euphemism
28. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Ambiguity
Pathetic Fallacy
Pathos
29. Change and growth of the character
Flashback
Logical Fallacy
Oxymoron
Characterization
30. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Tone
Ambiguity
Rhetorical Question
31. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Antithesis
Figurative Language
Diction
Homily
32. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
A Priori Reasoning
Colloquial
Dialect
Bathos
33. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Pathos
Subtext
Tone
Rhetorical Question
34. Technical - specialized language
Syllogism
Zeugma
Jargon
Allusion
35. A type of pun where the use of a word modifies two or more words - but used for different meanings (On the fishing trip - he caught three trout and a cold.)
Zeugma
Epigraph
Alliteration
Denouement
36. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Conceit
Flashback
Sarcasm
Synecdoche
37. Dictionary definition of a word
Chiasmus
Conceit
Denotation
Connotation
38. Where the audience knows more than the character
Anecdote
Synecdoche
Sarcasm
Dramatic Irony
39. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Hyperbole
Sarcasm
Homily
Symbol
40. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Diction
Syllogism
Didactic
Metaphor
41. When the story begins
Zeugma
Aphorism
Point of attack
Allegory
42. Words which evoke sorrow
Setting
Denouement
Anecdote
Pathos
43. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Flashback
Logical Fallacy
Figurative Language
Homily
44. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Parallelism
Point of attack
Rhetorical Question
Irony
45. Events that take place before the story begins
Didactic
Ambiguity
Exposition
Sarcasm
46. Sound words - imitative harmony
Extended Metaphor
Didactic
Onomatopoeia
Pathos
47. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Understatement
Didactic
Conceit
48. The use of slang in writing
Zeugma
Colloquial
Pedantic
Logical Fallacy
49. A moment of great revelation
Analogy
Paradox
Antithesis
Epiphany
50. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Paradox
Connotation
Cliche
Chiasmus