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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Direct contrast or opposite






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






3. Emotional response of the reader






4. A conclusion drawn from presented details






5. A story that functions on the symbolic level






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






7. Technical - specialized language






8. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






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






10. A political comment through the use of humor






11. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






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






13. A sermon or moralistic lecture






14. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






15. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






16. Word choice






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






18. Unexpected outcome in the plot






19. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting






20. A moment of great revelation






21. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






22. Same beginning sound






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






24. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






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






26. A direct comparison






27. An overused expression






28. An inscription on a tombstone






29. Same ending sounds






30. Sound words - imitative harmony






31. Where the audience knows more than the character






32. A comparison using like or as






33. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






34. The use of slang in writing






35. Change and growth of the character






36. A formal speech praising one who has died






37. Literary - historical - artistic reference






38. Repetition of vowel sounds






39. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)






40. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






41. A short witty statement






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






43. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






44. An unexpected outcome






45. The answer to a question






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






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






48. The recreation of regional spoken language






49. When the story begins






50. Meaning or emotion underneath the words