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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Allegory
Personification
Jargon
2. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Conceit
Tone
Foreshadowing
Ad Hominem
3. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Onomatopoeia
Foreshadowing
Subtext
4. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Extended Metaphor
Rhetorical Question
Allusion
Pedantic
5. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Jargon
Anecdote
Epiphany
6. An overused expression
Cliche
Zeugma
Hyperbole
Sarcasm
7. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Rhetoric
Symbol
8. A formal speech praising one who has died
Hyperbole
Eulogy
Mood
Personification
9. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Verbal Irony
Repetition
Climax
Allegory
10. The use of slang in writing
Metaphor
Zeugma
Epitaph
Colloquial
11. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Archetype
Aphorism
Jargon
Tone
12. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Homily
Foil
Verbal Irony
Enumeration
13. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Oxymoron
Foreshadowing
Mood
Anticlimax
14. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Ad Hominem
Denouement
Foil
15. A formal - often pompous - speech
Enumeration
Oratory
Climax
Ambiguity
16. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Denotation
Alliteration
Oratory
17. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Rhetorical Question
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Assonance
18. Technical - specialized language
Synecdoche
Archetype
Conceit
Jargon
19. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Controlling Metaphor
Chiasmus
Epigraph
Imagery
20. Sound words - imitative harmony
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Foreshadowing
Oxymoron
21. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Pun
Subtext
Anecdote
Consonance
22. Same ending sounds
Parallelism
Alliteration
Consonance
A Priori Reasoning
23. When the story begins
Rhetoric
Point of attack
Dramatic Irony
Simile
24. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Inference
Subtext
Personification
25. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Foreshadowing
Tone
Verbal Irony
Cliche
26. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Mood
Repetition
Inference
Subtext
27. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Homily
Dialect
Subtext
28. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Euphemism
Juxtaposition
Anaphora
29. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Assonance
Simile
Controlling Metaphor
Syllogism
30. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Imagery
Pun
Oxymoron
Irony
31. A short witty statement
Conceit
Understatement
Aphorism
Theme
32. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Rhetoric
Subtext
Logical Fallacy
Metonymy
33. Words that create mental pictures
Imagery
Pedantic
Parallelism
Colloquial
34. Word choice
Apostrophe
Diction
Foil
Conflict
35. Dictionary definition of a word
Consonance
Foil
Ambiguity
Denotation
36. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Antithesis
Pedantic
Pun
Parody
37. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Juxtaposition
Anaphora
Controlling Metaphor
Allusion
38. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Juxtaposition
Pathetic Fallacy
Subtext
Foreshadowing
39. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Simile
Ad Hominem
Dramatic Irony
Rhetoric
40. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Allusion
Analogy
Epigraph
Subtext
41. 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.)
Epitaph
Eulogy
Epigraph
Zeugma
42. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Antithesis
A Priori Reasoning
Repetition
Figurative Language
43. Word order or organization
Juxtaposition
Rhetorical Question
Pathetic Fallacy
Syntax
44. Emotional response of the reader
Apostrophe
Antithesis
Anticlimax
Mood
45. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Paradox
Analogy
Consonance
Denouement
46. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Colloquial
Ambiguity
Extended Metaphor
Pedantic
47. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Deductive Reasoning
Anecdote
Tone
Situational Irony
48. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Flashback
Consonance
A Priori Reasoning
49. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Enumeration
Inference
Simile
Inductive Reasoning
50. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Pedantic
Epitaph
Rhetoric
Homily