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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. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Consonance
Archetype
Ambiguity
2. The answer to a question
Non Sequitur
Dramatic Irony
Thesis
Cliche
3. Same ending sounds
Connotation
Consonance
Denotation
Parable
4. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Jargon
Epiphany
Ad Hominem
Antithesis
5. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Symbol
Allegory
Situational Irony
6. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Logical Fallacy
Controlling Metaphor
Ambiguity
Synecdoche
7. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Subtext
Apostrophe
Juxtaposition
8. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Ambiguity
Situational Irony
Understatement
Pathetic Fallacy
9. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Didactic
Simile
Satire
10. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Logical Fallacy
Analogy
Chiasmus
11. Events that take place before the story begins
Oratory
Exposition
Alliteration
Didactic
12. Word choice
Metaphor
Epigraph
Pathos
Diction
13. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Setting
Juxtaposition
Personification
Sarcasm
14. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Connotation
Sarcasm
Didactic
A Priori Reasoning
15. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Parallelism
Archetype
Parable
Point of attack
16. Words which evoke sorrow
Parable
Oratory
Metaphor
Pathos
17. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Satire
Epiphany
Ambiguity
Syllogism
18. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Rhetorical Question
Ambiguity
Allegory
Sarcasm
19. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Parody
Alliteration
Foil
20. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Exposition
Chiasmus
Subtext
Connotation
21. Exaggeration
Alliteration
Flashback
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
22. Time and place of a story
Metaphor
Pun
Analogy
Setting
23. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Syllogism
Epigraph
Anticlimax
24. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Bathos
Alliteration
Antithesis
25. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Satire
Understatement
Extended Metaphor
Anecdote
26. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Inference
Tone
Analogy
Diction
27. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Pun
Personification
Conceit
Anecdote
28. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Figurative Language
Analogy
Denouement
Foreshadowing
29. 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.)
Foil
Climax
Zeugma
Inference
30. Words that create mental pictures
Non Sequitur
Mood
Imagery
Subtext
31. A comparison using like or as
Pedantic
Non Sequitur
Simile
Cliche
32. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Oxymoron
Anaphora
Subtext
Motif
33. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
A Priori Reasoning
Thesis
Analogy
Anticlimax
34. A direct comparison
Aphorism
Metaphor
Climax
Pathetic Fallacy
35. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Logical Fallacy
Deductive Reasoning
Dramatic Irony
Repetition
36. An inscription on a tombstone
Epiphany
Epitaph
Analogy
Inference
37. A numbered list
Satire
Enumeration
Foreshadowing
Parable
38. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Repetition
Euphemism
Metonymy
Rhetoric
39. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Euphemism
Denotation
Syllogism
40. Sound words - imitative harmony
Oratory
Controlling Metaphor
Juxtaposition
Onomatopoeia
41. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Aphorism
Rhetorical Question
Conflict
Flashback
42. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Paradox
Oratory
Climax
Subtext
43. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Inference
Thesis
Zeugma
Pathetic Fallacy
44. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Aphorism
Verbal Irony
Metaphor
Metonymy
45. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Onomatopoeia
Symbol
Conceit
Rhetorical Question
46. A formal speech praising one who has died
Rhetorical Question
Irony
Eulogy
Pedantic
47. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Oxymoron
Diction
Denouement
Bathos
48. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Mood
Synecdoche
Epigraph
Allusion
49. An overused expression
Allegory
Cliche
Pun
Syntax
50. Where the audience knows more than the character
Assonance
Epiphany
Parallelism
Dramatic Irony