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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. Events that take place before the story begins
Sarcasm
Exposition
Hyperbole
Ad Hominem
2. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Tone
Setting
Thesis
3. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Antithesis
Synecdoche
Parody
Motif
4. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Assonance
A Priori Reasoning
Exposition
5. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Colloquial
Antithesis
Tone
Chiasmus
6. 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.)
Euphemism
Zeugma
Conflict
A Priori Reasoning
7. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Tone
Epiphany
Jargon
8. An unexpected outcome
Situational Irony
Onomatopoeia
Irony
Apostrophe
9. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Jargon
Anticlimax
Sarcasm
Point of attack
10. Direct contrast or opposite
Syllogism
Antithesis
Epigraph
Pathetic Fallacy
11. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Characterization
Simile
Oxymoron
12. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Exposition
Parable
Didactic
Conceit
13. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Onomatopoeia
Denotation
Foreshadowing
Allusion
14. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Inference
Pun
Antithesis
15. Emotional definition of a word
Metaphor
Connotation
Oratory
Conceit
16. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Apostrophe
Dialect
Climax
Onomatopoeia
17. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Setting
Hyperbole
Zeugma
18. The answer to a question
Irony
Thesis
Syllogism
Didactic
19. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Exposition
Parallelism
Climax
Dramatic Irony
20. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Non Sequitur
Sarcasm
Chiasmus
21. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Climax
Parable
Juxtaposition
Paradox
22. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Synecdoche
Didactic
Motif
Connotation
23. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Apostrophe
Pathetic Fallacy
Alliteration
Paradox
24. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Non Sequitur
Ambiguity
Satire
Inference
25. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Foil
Imagery
Connotation
26. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Thesis
Flashback
Homily
Logical Fallacy
27. Emotional response of the reader
Rhetoric
A Priori Reasoning
Dialect
Mood
28. Repetition of vowel sounds
Ambiguity
Inductive Reasoning
Synecdoche
Assonance
29. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Analogy
Logical Fallacy
Anaphora
30. Same beginning sound
Imagery
Allegory
Alliteration
Understatement
31. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Epitaph
Conflict
Parallelism
Figurative Language
32. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Motif
Epitaph
Anticlimax
33. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Denouement
Irony
Exposition
34. Sound words - imitative harmony
Onomatopoeia
Climax
Inductive Reasoning
Pedantic
35. A short witty statement
Mood
Aphorism
Pedantic
Verbal Irony
36. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Aphorism
Epitaph
Diction
37. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Flashback
Synecdoche
Ambiguity
Euphemism
38. A mistake in reasoning
Non Sequitur
Inference
Sarcasm
Logical Fallacy
39. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
A Priori Reasoning
Parable
Rhetoric
40. A numbered list
Enumeration
Oratory
Dialect
Apostrophe
41. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Non Sequitur
Aphorism
Irony
42. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Antithesis
Enumeration
Euphemism
43. A formal - often pompous - speech
Tone
Anaphora
Oratory
Aphorism
44. Same ending sounds
Ambiguity
Exposition
Foil
Consonance
45. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Simile
Pedantic
Anaphora
Analogy
46. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Anticlimax
Situational Irony
Non Sequitur
Metonymy
47. Technical - specialized language
Climax
Pathetic Fallacy
Diction
Jargon
48. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Non Sequitur
Controlling Metaphor
Situational Irony
Metaphor
49. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Homily
Parody
Anaphora
Onomatopoeia
50. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Non Sequitur
Ad Hominem
Apostrophe
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