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Rhetoric Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A conclusion drawn from presented details






2. Contrasting words placed together for effect






3. The answer to a question






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






5. Events that take place before the story begins






6. Same beginning sound






7. Literary - historical - artistic reference






8. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






9. A political comment through the use of humor






10. Where the audience knows more than the character






11. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






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






13. Words that create mental pictures






14. An overused expression






15. Unexpected outcome in the plot






16. An inscription on a tombstone






17. Exaggeration






18. When the story begins






19. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure






20. The use of slang in writing






21. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






22. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






23. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas






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






25. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






26. Same ending sounds






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






28. Word choice






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






30. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






31. Technical - specialized language






32. A story that functions on the symbolic level






33. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






34. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous






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






36. A mistake in reasoning






37. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words






38. Repetition of vowel sounds






39. Word order or organization






40. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






41. The underlying message






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






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






44. Words which evoke sorrow






45. Sound words - imitative harmony






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






47. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action






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






49. A formal - often pompous - speech






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







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