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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. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Conceit
Epiphany
Repetition
Synecdoche
2. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Anecdote
Climax
Inductive Reasoning
Foil
3. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Aphorism
Bathos
Personification
4. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Figurative Language
Allegory
5. Dictionary definition of a word
Analogy
Denotation
Non Sequitur
Rhetoric
6. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Sarcasm
Foreshadowing
Motif
Conceit
7. When the story begins
Figurative Language
Point of attack
Analogy
Diction
8. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
A Priori Reasoning
Point of attack
Cliche
9. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Non Sequitur
Aphorism
Satire
Assonance
10. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Syntax
Apostrophe
Parable
Onomatopoeia
11. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Antithesis
Jargon
Dramatic Irony
Oxymoron
12. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Archetype
Imagery
Juxtaposition
Extended Metaphor
13. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Allegory
Cliche
Subtext
14. A direct comparison
Syntax
Repetition
Metaphor
Colloquial
15. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Assonance
Parable
Alliteration
Parallelism
16. Word choice
Sarcasm
Eulogy
Diction
Personification
17. An overused expression
Pedantic
Inductive Reasoning
Mood
Cliche
18. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Theme
Symbol
Metaphor
19. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Tone
Pun
Irony
Motif
20. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Homily
Zeugma
Point of attack
21. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Anticlimax
Pathetic Fallacy
Juxtaposition
Paradox
22. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Point of attack
Syntax
Mood
Situational Irony
23. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Euphemism
Consonance
Cliche
24. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Allusion
Motif
Figurative Language
25. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Ad Hominem
Epigraph
Conflict
Aphorism
26. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Controlling Metaphor
Satire
Tone
Pathos
27. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Setting
Controlling Metaphor
Sarcasm
28. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Controlling Metaphor
Repetition
Eulogy
Metonymy
29. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Pun
Oratory
Euphemism
Syllogism
30. A moment of great revelation
Analogy
Epiphany
Denotation
Mood
31. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Bathos
Metonymy
Allegory
Enumeration
32. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Satire
Onomatopoeia
Ad Hominem
Extended Metaphor
33. Where the audience knows more than the character
Pun
A Priori Reasoning
Dramatic Irony
Didactic
34. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Dramatic Irony
Motif
Understatement
Anaphora
35. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Subtext
Situational Irony
Epigraph
Symbol
36. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Chiasmus
Exposition
Tone
Parallelism
37. Exaggeration
Subtext
Setting
Alliteration
Hyperbole
38. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Eulogy
Mood
Bathos
39. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Homily
Analogy
Point of attack
Alliteration
40. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Jargon
A Priori Reasoning
Anticlimax
Paradox
41. A mistake in reasoning
Flashback
Logical Fallacy
Tone
Antithesis
42. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Pathetic Fallacy
Epigraph
Antithesis
Apostrophe
43. A comparison using like or as
Personification
Parody
Denotation
Simile
44. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Homily
Anaphora
Juxtaposition
Paradox
45. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Extended Metaphor
Allegory
Mood
Syllogism
46. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Tone
Parable
Simile
Understatement
47. Same beginning sound
Euphemism
Zeugma
Non Sequitur
Alliteration
48. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Synecdoche
Pathos
Verbal Irony
49. A numbered list
Understatement
Subtext
Figurative Language
Enumeration
50. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Homily
Inductive Reasoning
Metonymy
Paradox