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






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






3. The underlying message






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






5. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






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






7. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis






8. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






9. A sermon or moralistic lecture






10. Exaggeration






11. The recreation of regional spoken language






12. A formal speech praising one who has died






13. Same ending sounds






14. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes






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






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






17. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






18. Where the audience knows more than the character






19. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






20. Literary - historical - artistic reference






21. The use of slang in writing






22. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences






23. An unexpected outcome






24. Words that create mental pictures






25. Direct contrast or opposite






26. Word order or organization






27. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)






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






29. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






30. A particularly clever extended metaphor






31. Word choice






32. A mistake in reasoning






33. Direct contrast or opposite






34. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)






35. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen






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






37. Sound words - imitative harmony






38. The answer to a question






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






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






41. A formal - often pompous - speech






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






43. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






44. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion






45. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point






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






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






48. Change and growth of the character






49. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings






50. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite