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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Characterization
Epigraph
Point of attack
Non Sequitur
2. Time and place of a story
Bathos
Synecdoche
Setting
Parody
3. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Flashback
Point of attack
Allusion
4. The answer to a question
Thesis
Rhetoric
Ad Hominem
Onomatopoeia
5. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Exposition
Rhetorical Question
Subtext
Personification
6. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Logical Fallacy
Chiasmus
Parable
7. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Subtext
Denouement
Chiasmus
Pathetic Fallacy
8. 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.)
Parable
Characterization
Zeugma
Anecdote
9. Same beginning sound
Allegory
Archetype
Figurative Language
Alliteration
10. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Climax
Simile
Jargon
11. Sound words - imitative harmony
Onomatopoeia
Aphorism
Assonance
Epigraph
12. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Characterization
Synecdoche
Pathetic Fallacy
Ambiguity
13. A comparison using like or as
Allegory
Metonymy
Simile
Foreshadowing
14. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Parable
Allusion
Flashback
Chiasmus
15. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Subtext
Assonance
Anticlimax
Anaphora
16. A mistake in reasoning
Satire
Logical Fallacy
Thesis
Verbal Irony
17. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Allegory
Conceit
Metonymy
Analogy
18. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Situational Irony
Thesis
Apostrophe
Tone
19. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Logical Fallacy
Hyperbole
Euphemism
Conflict
20. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Flashback
Verbal Irony
Theme
Imagery
21. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Logical Fallacy
Dramatic Irony
Flashback
Anaphora
22. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Rhetorical Question
Pun
Point of attack
Sarcasm
23. A moment of great revelation
Rhetorical Question
Pedantic
Climax
Epiphany
24. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Subtext
A Priori Reasoning
Situational Irony
Colloquial
25. Word choice
Ad Hominem
Diction
Denotation
Tone
26. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Antithesis
Repetition
Satire
Inference
27. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Archetype
Parallelism
Hyperbole
Figurative Language
28. A direct comparison
Rhetorical Question
Deductive Reasoning
Setting
Metaphor
29. A numbered list
Parable
Enumeration
Setting
Zeugma
30. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Denotation
Exposition
Conceit
Jargon
31. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Climax
Characterization
Conflict
32. An unexpected outcome
Anecdote
Denotation
Understatement
Irony
33. A formal - often pompous - speech
Ad Hominem
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Oratory
34. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Zeugma
Pedantic
Motif
Subtext
35. The underlying message
Imagery
Theme
Thesis
Assonance
36. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Logical Fallacy
Homily
Situational Irony
Pun
37. Words which evoke sorrow
Tone
Pathos
Colloquial
Synecdoche
38. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Hyperbole
Connotation
Verbal Irony
39. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
Subtext
Assonance
Mood
40. Direct contrast or opposite
Juxtaposition
Aphorism
Denouement
Antithesis
41. Repetition of vowel sounds
Epigraph
Colloquial
Assonance
Didactic
42. Exaggeration
Parallelism
Hyperbole
Parody
Pathos
43. An overused expression
Repetition
Simile
Cliche
Onomatopoeia
44. Word order or organization
Syntax
Situational Irony
Setting
Oxymoron
45. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Conceit
Jargon
Synecdoche
Syllogism
46. Technical - specialized language
Foreshadowing
Foil
Jargon
Parable
47. Same ending sounds
Apostrophe
Controlling Metaphor
Consonance
Theme
48. Change and growth of the character
Motif
Epitaph
Inference
Characterization
49. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Subtext
Euphemism
Flashback
Parable
50. Words that create mental pictures
Irony
Imagery
Assonance
Ambiguity