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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. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Pathos
Antithesis
Inductive Reasoning
2. Direct contrast or opposite
Chiasmus
Pedantic
Subtext
Antithesis
3. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Pun
Deductive Reasoning
Cliche
4. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Logical Fallacy
Oxymoron
Analogy
5. Dictionary definition of a word
Apostrophe
Didactic
Simile
Denotation
6. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Irony
Motif
Non Sequitur
Hyperbole
7. The answer to a question
Assonance
Climax
Analogy
Thesis
8. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Repetition
Metonymy
Rhetoric
Anecdote
9. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Rhetorical Question
Oxymoron
Ambiguity
Tone
10. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Parody
Metaphor
Ad Hominem
Pathetic Fallacy
11. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Rhetorical Question
Point of attack
Anecdote
Deductive Reasoning
12. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
Euphemism
Aphorism
Hyperbole
13. Words that create mental pictures
Homily
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Pedantic
14. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Non Sequitur
Thesis
Syllogism
Denouement
15. Word choice
Metonymy
Dramatic Irony
Diction
Apostrophe
16. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Parable
Conflict
Hyperbole
Parody
17. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Anticlimax
Mood
A Priori Reasoning
Allegory
18. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Anaphora
Rhetoric
Oxymoron
19. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Cliche
Thesis
Archetype
Oratory
20. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Imagery
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Oxymoron
21. Emotional response of the reader
Connotation
Epitaph
Mood
Theme
22. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Figurative Language
Verbal Irony
Antithesis
Pathos
23. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Foil
Flashback
Inductive Reasoning
Subtext
24. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Motif
Inductive Reasoning
Controlling Metaphor
Ad Hominem
25. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Pun
Cliche
Metaphor
A Priori Reasoning
26. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Simile
Theme
Diction
Allusion
27. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anaphora
Colloquial
Juxtaposition
Antithesis
28. A short witty statement
Juxtaposition
Aphorism
Epigraph
Archetype
29. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Personification
Rhetorical Question
Jargon
Logical Fallacy
30. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Ad Hominem
Understatement
Subtext
Epigraph
31. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Epigraph
Ambiguity
Pathos
Tone
32. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Assonance
Chiasmus
Extended Metaphor
Exposition
33. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dramatic Irony
Parable
Denotation
Syllogism
34. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Jargon
Conflict
Epiphany
35. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Extended Metaphor
Mood
Anaphora
Inference
36. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Satire
Conflict
Parallelism
Theme
37. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Chiasmus
Apostrophe
Cliche
38. A formal speech praising one who has died
Rhetoric
Situational Irony
Inductive Reasoning
Eulogy
39. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Ambiguity
Imagery
Conceit
40. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Satire
Foil
Understatement
Rhetorical Question
41. A moment of great revelation
Antithesis
Epiphany
Anecdote
Connotation
42. Events that take place before the story begins
Imagery
Exposition
Pun
Motif
43. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Colloquial
Imagery
Dramatic Irony
Didactic
44. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Bathos
Syntax
Irony
45. Same beginning sound
Tone
Inductive Reasoning
Alliteration
Eulogy
46. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Tone
Denouement
Parallelism
Theme
47. Word order or organization
Archetype
Connotation
Anecdote
Syntax
48. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Tone
Bathos
Homily
Ad Hominem
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.)
Personification
Zeugma
Pathetic Fallacy
Verbal Irony
50. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Rhetorical Question
Euphemism
Controlling Metaphor