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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Enumeration
Conflict
Parody
Synecdoche
2. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Jargon
Theme
Foreshadowing
Archetype
3. The answer to a question
Pathetic Fallacy
Deductive Reasoning
Verbal Irony
Thesis
4. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Conceit
Parable
5. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Oratory
Apostrophe
Antithesis
Personification
6. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Syntax
Deductive Reasoning
Allusion
Pathos
7. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Connotation
Anaphora
Archetype
8. A comparison using like or as
Anecdote
Setting
Motif
Simile
9. Words that create mental pictures
Antithesis
Imagery
Antithesis
Bathos
10. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Mood
Motif
Synecdoche
Allusion
11. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
A Priori Reasoning
Ambiguity
Hyperbole
Subtext
12. Direct contrast or opposite
Climax
Epitaph
Antithesis
Parable
13. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Pathetic Fallacy
Parallelism
Exposition
14. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Allegory
Inductive Reasoning
Simile
Pun
15. Sound words - imitative harmony
Logical Fallacy
Exposition
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
16. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Assonance
Colloquial
Tone
17. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Understatement
Characterization
Enumeration
18. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Subtext
Characterization
Parable
Syllogism
19. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Pedantic
Antithesis
Antithesis
Repetition
20. Repetition of vowel sounds
Symbol
Inductive Reasoning
Parallelism
Assonance
21. The underlying message
Simile
Rhetorical Question
Thesis
Theme
22. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Antithesis
Figurative Language
Characterization
Denotation
23. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Inductive Reasoning
Diction
Foil
24. Change and growth of the character
Dialect
Archetype
Characterization
Allegory
25. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Verbal Irony
Pedantic
Personification
26. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Subtext
A Priori Reasoning
Situational Irony
Didactic
27. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Eulogy
Motif
Pathetic Fallacy
28. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Parody
Metonymy
Paradox
Ad Hominem
29. Direct contrast or opposite
Repetition
Antithesis
Subtext
Connotation
30. A short witty statement
Oratory
Theme
Satire
Aphorism
31. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Setting
Pathos
Bathos
Oxymoron
32. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Onomatopoeia
Zeugma
Rhetoric
33. Technical - specialized language
Conflict
Allusion
Jargon
Syllogism
34. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Syllogism
Oxymoron
Metonymy
Chiasmus
35. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Connotation
Metaphor
Controlling Metaphor
Denouement
36. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Euphemism
Consonance
Ambiguity
Archetype
37. A political comment through the use of humor
Syllogism
Figurative Language
Satire
Antithesis
38. Word choice
Analogy
Inference
Foreshadowing
Diction
39. A formal - often pompous - speech
Connotation
Dialect
Oratory
Pathetic Fallacy
40. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Denouement
Inductive Reasoning
Euphemism
Oxymoron
41. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Controlling Metaphor
Rhetorical Question
Inference
42. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Pathos
Anaphora
Syllogism
Cliche
43. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Tone
Situational Irony
Understatement
Ad Hominem
44. Emotional response of the reader
Epigraph
Characterization
Jargon
Mood
45. Where the audience knows more than the character
Archetype
Rhetorical Question
Dramatic Irony
Point of attack
46. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Parallelism
Point of attack
Synecdoche
Extended Metaphor
47. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Ambiguity
Subtext
Allusion
48. A formal speech praising one who has died
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Alliteration
Eulogy
49. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Characterization
A Priori Reasoning
Denotation
50. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Climax
Rhetoric
Enumeration
Parody
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