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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. A formal - often pompous - speech
Characterization
Pathos
Rhetorical Question
Oratory
2. Words which evoke sorrow
Anaphora
Pathos
Epiphany
Mood
3. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Extended Metaphor
Epitaph
Verbal Irony
4. 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.)
Anecdote
Non Sequitur
Zeugma
Climax
5. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
Enumeration
Allusion
Setting
6. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
A Priori Reasoning
Synecdoche
Antithesis
Parody
7. The recreation of regional spoken language
Antithesis
Simile
Dialect
Epiphany
8. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Juxtaposition
Parallelism
Inductive Reasoning
Subtext
9. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Subtext
Synecdoche
Ad Hominem
10. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Situational Irony
Synecdoche
Assonance
Denouement
11. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Mood
Non Sequitur
Parody
12. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Understatement
Analogy
Metaphor
Situational Irony
13. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Pathetic Fallacy
A Priori Reasoning
Jargon
14. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Oratory
Theme
Point of attack
15. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Epigraph
Epitaph
Oxymoron
Paradox
16. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Allusion
Conceit
Pedantic
Archetype
17. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Homily
Subtext
Rhetorical Question
Controlling Metaphor
18. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Enumeration
Inference
Cliche
Deductive Reasoning
19. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Subtext
Denotation
Foil
Tone
20. A short witty statement
Allusion
Understatement
Thesis
Aphorism
21. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Hyperbole
Consonance
Mood
22. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Ad Hominem
Syntax
Understatement
Eulogy
23. Exaggeration
Foreshadowing
Hyperbole
Pedantic
Logical Fallacy
24. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Dialect
Extended Metaphor
Epitaph
Denouement
25. An overused expression
Pun
Cliche
Juxtaposition
Didactic
26. Emotional response of the reader
Subtext
Allegory
Pun
Mood
27. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Climax
Pathetic Fallacy
Paradox
Alliteration
28. The underlying message
Theme
Syllogism
Ad Hominem
Synecdoche
29. Direct contrast or opposite
Apostrophe
Flashback
Antithesis
Characterization
30. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Foil
Climax
Synecdoche
Pathetic Fallacy
31. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Synecdoche
Anaphora
Conflict
Ad Hominem
32. A formal speech praising one who has died
Oxymoron
Thesis
Eulogy
Anticlimax
33. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Rhetorical Question
Antithesis
Foreshadowing
34. When the story begins
Point of attack
Situational Irony
Characterization
Epigraph
35. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Mood
Thesis
Antithesis
Conceit
36. Word order or organization
Enumeration
Parallelism
Syntax
Epitaph
37. Events that take place before the story begins
Understatement
Cliche
Apostrophe
Exposition
38. An unexpected outcome
Rhetorical Question
Juxtaposition
Irony
Homily
39. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ambiguity
Repetition
Situational Irony
Eulogy
40. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Climax
Denouement
Imagery
41. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Exposition
Subtext
Alliteration
Anaphora
42. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Allegory
Colloquial
Sarcasm
43. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Inductive Reasoning
Sarcasm
Setting
44. A numbered list
Mood
Figurative Language
Dramatic Irony
Enumeration
45. Same beginning sound
Consonance
Deductive Reasoning
Thesis
Alliteration
46. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Metonymy
Climax
Foreshadowing
Paradox
47. A mistake in reasoning
Verbal Irony
Homily
Logical Fallacy
Zeugma
48. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Allegory
Parallelism
Inductive Reasoning
Conflict
49. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Satire
Epigraph
Metaphor
Pedantic
50. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Extended Metaphor
Alliteration
Allegory
Aphorism
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