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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. Words which evoke sorrow
Dialect
Denouement
Pathos
Point of attack
2. Change and growth of the character
Parable
Parallelism
Apostrophe
Characterization
3. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Non Sequitur
Ad Hominem
Thesis
4. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Juxtaposition
Anaphora
Subtext
Flashback
5. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Juxtaposition
Understatement
Sarcasm
Epigraph
6. Events that take place before the story begins
Denotation
Subtext
Exposition
Analogy
7. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Chiasmus
Foil
Non Sequitur
Motif
8. The recreation of regional spoken language
Dialect
Jargon
Paradox
Connotation
9. Word choice
Syllogism
Oratory
Diction
Sarcasm
10. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Foil
Repetition
Figurative Language
Situational Irony
11. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Climax
Inference
Non Sequitur
12. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Rhetorical Question
Syllogism
Archetype
Juxtaposition
13. Sound words - imitative harmony
Ad Hominem
Hyperbole
Inference
Onomatopoeia
14. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Motif
Connotation
Personification
Denouement
15. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Dialect
Apostrophe
Onomatopoeia
Analogy
16. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Apostrophe
Pedantic
Figurative Language
Symbol
17. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Epiphany
Foreshadowing
Paradox
Consonance
18. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Rhetorical Question
Dramatic Irony
Hyperbole
Synecdoche
19. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anticlimax
Anaphora
Inductive Reasoning
Conflict
20. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Pathos
Epitaph
Bathos
A Priori Reasoning
21. Time and place of a story
Setting
Conceit
Sarcasm
Simile
22. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Jargon
Climax
Ad Hominem
23. When the story begins
Climax
Logical Fallacy
Apostrophe
Point of attack
24. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Paradox
Inference
Extended Metaphor
Oxymoron
25. The underlying message
Diction
Theme
Antithesis
Alliteration
26. Where the audience knows more than the character
Assonance
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Oratory
27. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Allusion
Anecdote
Repetition
Subtext
28. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Antithesis
Paradox
Anticlimax
Consonance
29. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Inference
Assonance
30. An unexpected outcome
Rhetoric
Euphemism
Irony
Simile
31. Direct contrast or opposite
Pun
Understatement
Jargon
Antithesis
32. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ambiguity
Analogy
Diction
Didactic
33. Same beginning sound
Symbol
Alliteration
Archetype
Thesis
34. An overused expression
Subtext
Zeugma
Cliche
Sarcasm
35. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Imagery
Repetition
Homily
Verbal Irony
36. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Controlling Metaphor
Pathetic Fallacy
Imagery
37. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Rhetorical Question
Inference
Enumeration
38. Technical - specialized language
Jargon
Understatement
Setting
Deductive Reasoning
39. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Non Sequitur
Point of attack
Setting
Extended Metaphor
40. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Exposition
Foil
Metaphor
41. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Exposition
Paradox
Verbal Irony
Foil
42. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Parody
Rhetoric
Understatement
Syllogism
43. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Climax
Onomatopoeia
Rhetorical Question
Eulogy
44. An inscription on a tombstone
Epiphany
Inference
Epitaph
Hyperbole
45. 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.)
Understatement
Satire
Theme
Zeugma
46. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Pun
Exposition
Analogy
47. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Oxymoron
Conceit
Hyperbole
48. A political comment through the use of humor
Syntax
Diction
Denotation
Satire
49. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Eulogy
Aphorism
Irony
50. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Assonance
Allegory
Controlling Metaphor
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