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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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1. Change and growth of the character






2. Words that create mental pictures






3. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






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






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






6. A comparison using like or as






7. Literary - historical - artistic reference






8. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






9. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






10. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






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






12. A moment of great revelation






13. Word order or organization






14. An unexpected outcome






15. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there






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






17. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






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






19. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






20. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)






21. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen






22. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






23. A formal speech praising one who has died






24. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






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






26. Same beginning sound






27. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






28. Repetition of vowel sounds






29. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work






30. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






31. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






32. A formal - often pompous - speech






33. Words which evoke sorrow






34. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words






35. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme






36. Direct contrast or opposite






37. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes






38. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious






39. Same ending sounds






40. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action






41. A political comment through the use of humor






42. The recreation of regional spoken language






43. Emotional definition of a word






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






45. Unexpected outcome in the plot






46. A particularly clever extended metaphor






47. A mistake in reasoning






48. A short witty statement






49. Contrasting words placed together for effect






50. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character