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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. The use of slang in writing
Zeugma
Anaphora
Climax
Colloquial
2. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Non Sequitur
Conceit
Homily
Rhetorical Question
3. Repetition of vowel sounds
Theme
Figurative Language
Assonance
Antithesis
4. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Situational Irony
Metaphor
Jargon
5. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Mood
Satire
Climax
Non Sequitur
6. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Controlling Metaphor
Dialect
Synecdoche
7. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Archetype
Foreshadowing
Allegory
Parody
8. Direct contrast or opposite
Inference
Setting
Antithesis
Conceit
9. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Oxymoron
Analogy
Denouement
Chiasmus
10. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Rhetoric
Parable
Flashback
Allusion
11. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Simile
Symbol
Analogy
12. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Euphemism
Personification
Paradox
Denotation
13. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Cliche
Personification
Alliteration
14. A political comment through the use of humor
Pun
Setting
Foil
Satire
15. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Rhetoric
Eulogy
Rhetorical Question
16. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Subtext
Consonance
Epigraph
Syntax
17. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Parallelism
Irony
Ambiguity
Pun
18. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Extended Metaphor
Colloquial
Repetition
Pathetic Fallacy
19. A formal - often pompous - speech
Non Sequitur
Pathetic Fallacy
Oratory
Onomatopoeia
20. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Connotation
Metaphor
Point of attack
21. An inscription on a tombstone
Verbal Irony
Epitaph
Synecdoche
Analogy
22. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Alliteration
Anticlimax
Dialect
Paradox
23. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Inference
Subtext
Allegory
Personification
24. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Homily
Archetype
Pathetic Fallacy
Anticlimax
25. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Foil
Symbol
Characterization
Alliteration
26. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Zeugma
A Priori Reasoning
Foreshadowing
Subtext
27. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Situational Irony
Mood
Extended Metaphor
28. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Antithesis
Ad Hominem
Climax
29. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Syllogism
Juxtaposition
Deductive Reasoning
Connotation
30. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
A Priori Reasoning
Alliteration
Theme
31. An overused expression
Irony
Synecdoche
Cliche
Satire
32. A direct comparison
Repetition
Imagery
Homily
Metaphor
33. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Pathos
Irony
Syllogism
34. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Apostrophe
Sarcasm
Foil
Motif
35. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Oratory
Controlling Metaphor
Syntax
Apostrophe
36. Dictionary definition of a word
Allusion
Denotation
Figurative Language
Anaphora
37. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Ambiguity
Consonance
Verbal Irony
Alliteration
38. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Alliteration
Assonance
Euphemism
Understatement
39. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Pathos
A Priori Reasoning
Rhetoric
Satire
40. Word choice
Diction
Anecdote
Bathos
Point of attack
41. Time and place of a story
Extended Metaphor
Non Sequitur
Anticlimax
Setting
42. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Mood
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Tone
43. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Denotation
Syntax
Paradox
Situational Irony
44. The recreation of regional spoken language
Dialect
Analogy
Archetype
Alliteration
45. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Mood
Anecdote
Deductive Reasoning
Dramatic Irony
46. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Theme
Parody
Flashback
Bathos
47. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Parable
Enumeration
Inductive Reasoning
48. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Allusion
Ambiguity
Eulogy
Antithesis
49. Emotional response of the reader
Foreshadowing
Mood
Imagery
Synecdoche
50. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Repetition
Antithesis
Chiasmus
Eulogy
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