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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. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anecdote
Anticlimax
Connotation
Subtext
2. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Extended Metaphor
Pun
Deductive Reasoning
Didactic
3. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Thesis
Subtext
Personification
Dramatic Irony
4. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Extended Metaphor
Connotation
Chiasmus
5. Emotional definition of a word
Paradox
Euphemism
Repetition
Connotation
6. The answer to a question
Ambiguity
Thesis
Cliche
Tone
7. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Pedantic
Oxymoron
Verbal Irony
8. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Dramatic Irony
Tone
Extended Metaphor
Deductive Reasoning
9. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Logical Fallacy
A Priori Reasoning
Euphemism
Antithesis
10. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Dialect
Anaphora
Sarcasm
11. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Non Sequitur
Dialect
Syntax
Parody
12. An overused expression
Theme
Dialect
Assonance
Cliche
13. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Rhetorical Question
Anecdote
Parallelism
Characterization
14. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Chiasmus
Pedantic
Thesis
15. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Climax
Allegory
Repetition
Bathos
16. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Metonymy
A Priori Reasoning
Dialect
Rhetoric
17. Exaggeration
Analogy
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Syllogism
18. Same beginning sound
Irony
Alliteration
Characterization
Parallelism
19. Dictionary definition of a word
Inference
Metaphor
Denotation
A Priori Reasoning
20. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Ambiguity
Allegory
Bathos
21. Technical - specialized language
Antithesis
Rhetoric
Jargon
Juxtaposition
22. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Epigraph
Analogy
Figurative Language
Enumeration
23. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Theme
Motif
Dialect
Anticlimax
24. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Allusion
Paradox
Parable
Simile
25. A mistake in reasoning
Rhetoric
Controlling Metaphor
Logical Fallacy
Assonance
26. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Sarcasm
Hyperbole
Conceit
Thesis
27. Word choice
Diction
Deductive Reasoning
Epitaph
Pathos
28. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Antithesis
Consonance
29. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Understatement
Conceit
Metaphor
Inference
30. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Chiasmus
Figurative Language
Conflict
Didactic
31. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Rhetorical Question
Epiphany
Pun
Oxymoron
32. The use of slang in writing
Subtext
Oratory
Ambiguity
Colloquial
33. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Pathetic Fallacy
Zeugma
Eulogy
34. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Pun
Onomatopoeia
Conceit
Metaphor
35. Same ending sounds
Symbol
Sarcasm
Parable
Consonance
36. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Point of attack
Situational Irony
Dialect
37. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Syntax
Epitaph
Mood
38. The underlying message
Subtext
Theme
Consonance
Denouement
39. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Chiasmus
Anticlimax
Dramatic Irony
Denouement
40. Time and place of a story
Thesis
Parallelism
Setting
Hyperbole
41. Word order or organization
Syntax
Alliteration
Climax
Zeugma
42. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Metonymy
Hyperbole
Flashback
Inductive Reasoning
43. A formal speech praising one who has died
Ambiguity
Epiphany
Conflict
Eulogy
44. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Simile
Parody
Symbol
Controlling Metaphor
45. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Rhetoric
Denouement
Personification
Diction
46. Emotional response of the reader
Deductive Reasoning
Mood
Parable
Diction
47. The recreation of regional spoken language
Logical Fallacy
Analogy
Dialect
Euphemism
48. 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.)
Dialect
Rhetoric
Synecdoche
Zeugma
49. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Juxtaposition
Pathetic Fallacy
Subtext
50. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Oxymoron
Motif
Homily
Synecdoche