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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The use of slang in writing
Didactic
Understatement
Inference
Colloquial
2. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Personification
Euphemism
Didactic
Rhetorical Question
3. 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.)
Setting
Allegory
Flashback
Zeugma
4. A short witty statement
Epiphany
Flashback
Aphorism
Parody
5. Emotional definition of a word
Pathos
Denotation
Metonymy
Connotation
6. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Jargon
Analogy
Euphemism
Controlling Metaphor
7. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Parody
Repetition
Zeugma
8. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Didactic
Ad Hominem
Parable
Epiphany
9. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Eulogy
Didactic
Epitaph
10. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Aphorism
Chiasmus
Oxymoron
11. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Sarcasm
Personification
Inference
Aphorism
12. Words which evoke sorrow
Paradox
Denouement
Allegory
Pathos
13. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Antithesis
Extended Metaphor
Epigraph
Understatement
14. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Anticlimax
Pathetic Fallacy
Subtext
Rhetoric
15. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Verbal Irony
Repetition
Chiasmus
Situational Irony
16. When the story begins
Foreshadowing
Cliche
Point of attack
Alliteration
17. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Analogy
Simile
Foreshadowing
18. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Oxymoron
Conceit
Situational Irony
Satire
19. A formal - often pompous - speech
Syntax
Understatement
Oratory
Non Sequitur
20. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Anecdote
Oxymoron
Euphemism
Characterization
21. Emotional response of the reader
Antithesis
Mood
Parable
Homily
22. Word order or organization
Pun
Extended Metaphor
Syntax
Anecdote
23. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Allegory
Deductive Reasoning
Dialect
Motif
24. Exaggeration
Point of attack
Hyperbole
Aphorism
Denouement
25. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Metaphor
Anecdote
Anticlimax
Thesis
26. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Symbol
Anaphora
Non Sequitur
27. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Irony
Symbol
Subtext
Characterization
28. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Understatement
Conflict
Didactic
Characterization
29. The recreation of regional spoken language
A Priori Reasoning
Dialect
Antithesis
Situational Irony
30. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Verbal Irony
Exposition
Simile
Apostrophe
31. Sound words - imitative harmony
Parable
Antithesis
Denotation
Onomatopoeia
32. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Cliche
Figurative Language
Parallelism
Pun
33. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Pedantic
Allusion
Euphemism
Epitaph
34. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Jargon
Simile
Diction
A Priori Reasoning
35. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Juxtaposition
Logical Fallacy
Sarcasm
36. Words that create mental pictures
Conflict
Syllogism
Imagery
Consonance
37. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Metaphor
Denouement
Inductive Reasoning
Imagery
38. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Conflict
Allusion
Logical Fallacy
Synecdoche
39. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Oxymoron
Setting
Parody
Allegory
40. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Deductive Reasoning
Anecdote
Inductive Reasoning
41. An overused expression
Anaphora
Pathetic Fallacy
Cliche
Rhetorical Question
42. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Consonance
Non Sequitur
Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
43. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Apostrophe
Epitaph
Rhetoric
Mood
44. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Zeugma
Denotation
Logical Fallacy
Motif
45. A moment of great revelation
Epiphany
Exposition
A Priori Reasoning
Satire
46. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Point of attack
Situational Irony
Euphemism
47. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Theme
Homily
Consonance
Sarcasm
48. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Juxtaposition
Syllogism
Repetition
Euphemism
49. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Exposition
Paradox
Foreshadowing
Antithesis
50. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Inference
Anaphora
Paradox
Oxymoron