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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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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. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Anaphora
Parallelism
Allusion
Assonance
2. Time and place of a story
Anticlimax
Situational Irony
Tone
Setting
3. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Extended Metaphor
Dialect
Aphorism
Denouement
4. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Foil
Rhetorical Question
Anticlimax
Paradox
5. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Deductive Reasoning
Oxymoron
Analogy
6. The underlying message
Oratory
A Priori Reasoning
Theme
Zeugma
7. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Anticlimax
Anecdote
Dramatic Irony
8. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Anaphora
Theme
Rhetoric
Simile
9. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Chiasmus
Inference
Antithesis
Euphemism
10. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Syntax
Rhetorical Question
Parody
Pathos
11. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Denouement
Diction
Parody
12. A formal - often pompous - speech
Oratory
Climax
Epigraph
Juxtaposition
13. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Colloquial
Allusion
Irony
14. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Parallelism
Paradox
Denouement
15. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Parable
Bathos
Deductive Reasoning
Setting
16. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Conflict
Chiasmus
Pedantic
Satire
17. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Setting
Antithesis
Allegory
Homily
18. Words that create mental pictures
Extended Metaphor
A Priori Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Imagery
19. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Parallelism
Metonymy
Ad Hominem
Anticlimax
20. When the story begins
Metaphor
Simile
Euphemism
Point of attack
21. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Characterization
Connotation
Logical Fallacy
22. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Situational Irony
Synecdoche
Syllogism
Ad Hominem
23. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Metonymy
Personification
Bathos
A Priori Reasoning
24. A comparison using like or as
Epigraph
Dramatic Irony
Simile
Extended Metaphor
25. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Exposition
Inductive Reasoning
A Priori Reasoning
26. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Subtext
Repetition
Metonymy
Pathetic Fallacy
27. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Analogy
Anecdote
Enumeration
28. The use of slang in writing
Motif
Colloquial
Metonymy
Pathetic Fallacy
29. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Exposition
Symbol
Parallelism
Ambiguity
30. A moment of great revelation
Rhetoric
Pathetic Fallacy
Epiphany
Anticlimax
31. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Jargon
Denouement
Verbal Irony
Controlling Metaphor
32. Emotional response of the reader
Parable
Mood
Synecdoche
Rhetoric
33. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Characterization
Onomatopoeia
Sarcasm
Paradox
34. A direct comparison
Setting
Thesis
Tone
Metaphor
35. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Pedantic
Satire
Pathetic Fallacy
Jargon
36. Same ending sounds
Conflict
Consonance
Verbal Irony
Allegory
37. 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
Pedantic
Sarcasm
Alliteration
38. A numbered list
Foil
Enumeration
Assonance
Understatement
39. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Symbol
Antithesis
Flashback
Parody
40. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Repetition
Subtext
Paradox
41. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Alliteration
Motif
Foil
Allegory
42. The answer to a question
Anaphora
Thesis
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
43. Dictionary definition of a word
Connotation
Oxymoron
Denotation
Denouement
44. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Situational Irony
Inference
Pathos
Oxymoron
45. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Allegory
Foreshadowing
Zeugma
A Priori Reasoning
46. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Exposition
Subtext
Metonymy
Antithesis
47. Technical - specialized language
Allegory
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Jargon
48. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Conflict
Aphorism
Ad Hominem
49. Word choice
Diction
Colloquial
Oxymoron
Eulogy
50. Sound words - imitative harmony
Parallelism
Deductive Reasoning
Situational Irony
Onomatopoeia