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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. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Parable
Oxymoron
Thesis
Connotation
2. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Denotation
Parable
Point of attack
Imagery
3. Same beginning sound
Setting
Anecdote
Non Sequitur
Alliteration
4. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Anaphora
Archetype
Theme
Epiphany
5. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Hyperbole
Apostrophe
Subtext
6. Events that take place before the story begins
Apostrophe
Exposition
Deductive Reasoning
Irony
7. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Epiphany
Conflict
Epitaph
Rhetoric
8. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Inductive Reasoning
Inference
Anecdote
Syllogism
9. Word choice
Rhetorical Question
Deductive Reasoning
Diction
Tone
10. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Foreshadowing
Extended Metaphor
Motif
Juxtaposition
11. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Chiasmus
Allegory
Ad Hominem
Subtext
12. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Chiasmus
Foreshadowing
Mood
Situational Irony
13. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Irony
Thesis
Epiphany
14. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dramatic Irony
Climax
Synecdoche
Setting
15. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Antithesis
Denouement
Setting
Dramatic Irony
16. Direct contrast or opposite
Pathos
Logical Fallacy
Antithesis
Subtext
17. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Didactic
Jargon
Diction
18. Direct contrast or opposite
Rhetoric
Pathos
Homily
Antithesis
19. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Conceit
Euphemism
Characterization
Pedantic
20. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Imagery
Irony
Situational Irony
Deductive Reasoning
21. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Euphemism
Pathos
Setting
22. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Chiasmus
A Priori Reasoning
Archetype
23. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Climax
Homily
Alliteration
Situational Irony
24. When the story begins
Motif
Anticlimax
Point of attack
Apostrophe
25. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Rhetoric
Pun
Epiphany
Anecdote
26. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Repetition
Satire
Personification
A Priori Reasoning
27. A numbered list
Tone
Foil
Enumeration
Flashback
28. A direct comparison
Diction
Thesis
Metaphor
Homily
29. Exaggeration
Epiphany
Setting
Eulogy
Hyperbole
30. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Inference
Verbal Irony
Pathos
Homily
31. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Motif
Conceit
Diction
Extended Metaphor
32. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Metaphor
Cliche
Sarcasm
Characterization
33. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Apostrophe
Parody
Exposition
34. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Aphorism
Repetition
Zeugma
Conceit
35. Repetition of vowel sounds
Situational Irony
Bathos
Assonance
Denotation
36. A mistake in reasoning
Theme
Allegory
Logical Fallacy
Parable
37. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Paradox
Flashback
Assonance
Foil
38. A formal speech praising one who has died
Oratory
Pathetic Fallacy
Eulogy
Controlling Metaphor
39. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Extended Metaphor
Epigraph
Repetition
Homily
40. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Logical Fallacy
Controlling Metaphor
Inductive Reasoning
Anticlimax
41. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Rhetorical Question
Hyperbole
Inference
Mood
42. An inscription on a tombstone
Chiasmus
Denotation
Epitaph
Allusion
43. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Juxtaposition
Onomatopoeia
Aphorism
44. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Thesis
Ambiguity
Syntax
Allusion
45. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Parallelism
Epitaph
Controlling Metaphor
Parable
46. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Conceit
Thesis
Synecdoche
Allegory
47. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Ad Hominem
Controlling Metaphor
Epitaph
Personification
48. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Alliteration
Analogy
Thesis
Ambiguity
49. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Didactic
Epiphany
Dramatic Irony
50. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Allegory
Eulogy
Homily
Flashback