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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. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Eulogy
Chiasmus
Rhetorical Question
Juxtaposition
2. Time and place of a story
Archetype
Connotation
Setting
Euphemism
3. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Subtext
Extended Metaphor
Epigraph
Syntax
4. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
Antithesis
Epigraph
Chiasmus
5. Sound words - imitative harmony
Pathos
Onomatopoeia
Mood
Verbal Irony
6. Exaggeration
Antithesis
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Diction
7. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Hyperbole
Conceit
Bathos
Diction
8. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Extended Metaphor
Cliche
Colloquial
Chiasmus
9. The underlying message
Extended Metaphor
Chiasmus
Figurative Language
Theme
10. The recreation of regional spoken language
Pedantic
Allegory
Inductive Reasoning
Dialect
11. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Onomatopoeia
Subtext
Synecdoche
Foreshadowing
12. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
A Priori Reasoning
Oratory
Non Sequitur
13. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Euphemism
Parallelism
Satire
Repetition
14. Same ending sounds
Zeugma
Consonance
Syntax
Parody
15. Where the audience knows more than the character
Subtext
Motif
Dramatic Irony
Ambiguity
16. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Synecdoche
Foil
Motif
17. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Denouement
Ambiguity
Mood
Syntax
18. A comparison using like or as
Enumeration
Flashback
Simile
Euphemism
19. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Simile
Theme
Characterization
Syllogism
20. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Simile
Motif
Allusion
21. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Apostrophe
Subtext
Setting
Symbol
22. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Onomatopoeia
Understatement
Flashback
23. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Homily
Satire
Inductive Reasoning
A Priori Reasoning
24. A numbered list
Irony
Climax
Juxtaposition
Enumeration
25. Dictionary definition of a word
Personification
Denotation
Tone
Assonance
26. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Inference
Verbal Irony
Onomatopoeia
Allegory
27. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Dramatic Irony
Anticlimax
Archetype
Anecdote
28. A mistake in reasoning
Zeugma
Logical Fallacy
Dialect
Diction
29. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Theme
Pathetic Fallacy
Allegory
Pun
30. Events that take place before the story begins
Homily
Exposition
Extended Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
31. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Pathetic Fallacy
Denouement
Climax
Euphemism
32. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Parallelism
Mood
Pedantic
Verbal Irony
33. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Personification
Conflict
Analogy
Point of attack
34. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Conceit
Cliche
Rhetorical Question
Archetype
35. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Archetype
Exposition
Non Sequitur
Deductive Reasoning
36. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Subtext
Anecdote
Parable
Ambiguity
37. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Pathos
Juxtaposition
Controlling Metaphor
Repetition
38. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Sarcasm
Oxymoron
Parody
39. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Homily
Controlling Metaphor
40. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Logical Fallacy
Mood
Understatement
41. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Dialect
Parallelism
Tone
Subtext
42. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Irony
Foreshadowing
Pun
Alliteration
43. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Antithesis
Deductive Reasoning
Syntax
44. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Irony
Controlling Metaphor
Denouement
45. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Consonance
Foreshadowing
Personification
Deductive Reasoning
46. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Conceit
Subtext
Mood
Deductive Reasoning
47. The answer to a question
Thesis
Understatement
Repetition
Anaphora
48. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Alliteration
Personification
Inductive Reasoning
Climax
49. 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
Setting
Aphorism
Tone
50. Direct contrast or opposite
Rhetoric
Figurative Language
Antithesis
Denotation