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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. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Foreshadowing
Understatement
Setting
2. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Onomatopoeia
Subtext
Homily
Inductive Reasoning
3. A formal - often pompous - speech
Logical Fallacy
Oratory
A Priori Reasoning
Pedantic
4. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Hyperbole
Connotation
Situational Irony
Allegory
5. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Understatement
Symbol
Parallelism
Connotation
6. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Motif
Epitaph
Setting
7. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Rhetoric
Ad Hominem
Pun
Pathetic Fallacy
8. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Denotation
Consonance
Characterization
Flashback
9. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Synecdoche
Oxymoron
Anaphora
Archetype
10. A numbered list
Synecdoche
Enumeration
Parallelism
Assonance
11. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Jargon
Eulogy
Parable
Simile
12. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Anecdote
Aphorism
Non Sequitur
Thesis
13. Change and growth of the character
Subtext
Antithesis
Onomatopoeia
Characterization
14. The use of slang in writing
Cliche
Personification
A Priori Reasoning
Colloquial
15. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Epitaph
Denotation
Hyperbole
16. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
A Priori Reasoning
Syntax
Figurative Language
Repetition
17. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Mood
Euphemism
Diction
Symbol
18. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Enumeration
Syllogism
Foil
Anticlimax
19. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Non Sequitur
Allegory
Subtext
Antithesis
20. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Situational Irony
Cliche
Paradox
Point of attack
21. Emotional definition of a word
Dramatic Irony
Sarcasm
Connotation
Conflict
22. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Diction
Climax
Conceit
23. Sound words - imitative harmony
Foreshadowing
Inference
Onomatopoeia
Irony
24. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Assonance
Rhetorical Question
Thesis
25. An unexpected outcome
Jargon
Conceit
Characterization
Irony
26. The answer to a question
Thesis
Connotation
Personification
Mood
27. Time and place of a story
Aphorism
Understatement
Setting
Irony
28. Emotional response of the reader
Rhetoric
Satire
Mood
Tone
29. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Pathos
Climax
Metonymy
Homily
30. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Jargon
Characterization
Pathetic Fallacy
31. A comparison using like or as
Metonymy
Simile
Pathos
Synecdoche
32. 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.)
Zeugma
Metaphor
Dialect
Motif
33. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Epigraph
Theme
Personification
34. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Symbol
Bathos
Verbal Irony
Ad Hominem
35. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Symbol
Didactic
Aphorism
36. Direct contrast or opposite
Ambiguity
Rhetoric
Alliteration
Antithesis
37. Repetition of vowel sounds
Mood
Chiasmus
Foil
Assonance
38. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Dramatic Irony
Pun
Didactic
39. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Allusion
Synecdoche
Parody
Mood
40. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Situational Irony
Apostrophe
Deductive Reasoning
Theme
41. Words that create mental pictures
Anecdote
Enumeration
Controlling Metaphor
Imagery
42. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Controlling Metaphor
Subtext
Metaphor
Ambiguity
43. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Synecdoche
Characterization
A Priori Reasoning
Zeugma
44. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Symbol
Jargon
Controlling Metaphor
45. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Inductive Reasoning
Apostrophe
Subtext
46. Word choice
Colloquial
Subtext
Thesis
Diction
47. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Climax
A Priori Reasoning
Conceit
Controlling Metaphor
48. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Assonance
Aphorism
Archetype
Thesis
49. Exaggeration
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Repetition
Theme
50. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Cliche
Dramatic Irony
Juxtaposition
Satire