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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A direct comparison






2. Where the audience knows more than the character






3. A political comment through the use of humor






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






5. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






6. The recreation of regional spoken language






7. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






8. Unexpected outcome in the plot






9. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






10. Direct contrast or opposite






11. Exaggeration






12. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea






13. When the story begins






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






15. A formal speech praising one who has died






16. Emotional response of the reader






17. Events that take place before the story begins






18. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






19. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






20. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect






21. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






22. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific






23. 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.)






24. A comparison using like or as






25. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd






26. A formal - often pompous - speech






27. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general






28. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






29. Words that create mental pictures






30. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






31. A story that functions on the symbolic level






32. Change and growth of the character






33. An unexpected outcome






34. Direct contrast or opposite






35. A particularly clever extended metaphor






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






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






38. The underlying message






39. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)






40. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






41. Word order or organization






42. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






43. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






44. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral






45. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






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






47. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






48. A numbered list






49. The answer to a question






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







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