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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A moment of great revelation






2. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






3. Events that take place before the story begins






4. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)






5. Emotional definition of a word






6. Where the audience knows more than the character






7. Change and growth of the character






8. Time and place of a story






9. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences






10. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






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






12. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






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






14. A conclusion drawn from presented details






15. A political comment through the use of humor






16. Same ending sounds






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






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






19. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)






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






21. A story that functions on the symbolic level






22. A particularly clever extended metaphor






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






24. Unexpected outcome in the plot






25. 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.)






26. Sound words - imitative harmony






27. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






28. An unexpected outcome






29. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd






30. Same beginning sound






31. Words that create mental pictures






32. A formal speech praising one who has died






33. A formal - often pompous - speech






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






35. An overused expression






36. Direct contrast or opposite






37. A numbered list






38. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite






39. A sermon or moralistic lecture






40. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific






41. Contrasting words placed together for effect






42. Word choice






43. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story






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






45. Direct contrast or opposite






46. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea






47. A mistake in reasoning






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






49. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






50. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting