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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When the story begins
Point of attack
Zeugma
Parable
Verbal Irony
2. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Bathos
Parody
Antithesis
Juxtaposition
3. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Metaphor
Analogy
Syllogism
Enumeration
4. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Conflict
Pathetic Fallacy
Motif
5. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Metaphor
Anticlimax
Climax
Euphemism
6. Emotional definition of a word
Chiasmus
Repetition
Connotation
Syllogism
7. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Setting
Euphemism
Rhetoric
Enumeration
8. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Sarcasm
Syntax
Rhetoric
Thesis
9. A formal - often pompous - speech
Rhetoric
Verbal Irony
Oratory
Juxtaposition
10. Direct contrast or opposite
Juxtaposition
Mood
Antithesis
Cliche
11. Where the audience knows more than the character
Denotation
Connotation
Dramatic Irony
Subtext
12. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Situational Irony
Aphorism
Anticlimax
Foreshadowing
13. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Subtext
Parody
Non Sequitur
Allusion
14. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Situational Irony
Ambiguity
Alliteration
Logical Fallacy
15. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Setting
Flashback
Inductive Reasoning
Symbol
16. Word order or organization
Epigraph
Anticlimax
Inductive Reasoning
Syntax
17. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Logical Fallacy
Hyperbole
Jargon
18. Repetition of vowel sounds
Oratory
Motif
Ad Hominem
Assonance
19. Sound words - imitative harmony
Onomatopoeia
Metonymy
Simile
Climax
20. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Conceit
Subtext
Mood
Characterization
21. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Rhetorical Question
Aphorism
Flashback
Allegory
22. A short witty statement
Syllogism
Aphorism
Epiphany
Figurative Language
23. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Logical Fallacy
Metaphor
Pathetic Fallacy
Syntax
24. An overused expression
Theme
Parallelism
Colloquial
Cliche
25. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Conceit
Paradox
Satire
26. Words that create mental pictures
Theme
Characterization
Repetition
Imagery
27. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Diction
Bathos
Thesis
Allusion
28. A political comment through the use of humor
Anaphora
Controlling Metaphor
Satire
Extended Metaphor
29. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Irony
Metonymy
Theme
Connotation
30. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Motif
Zeugma
Conceit
31. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Oxymoron
Synecdoche
Setting
Repetition
32. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Personification
Tone
Thesis
Allegory
33. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Chiasmus
Symbol
Enumeration
34. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Oxymoron
Allusion
Antithesis
Inference
35. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Foreshadowing
Archetype
Conflict
Symbol
36. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Tone
Repetition
Parody
Alliteration
37. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Dramatic Irony
Motif
Mood
Onomatopoeia
38. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Theme
Anaphora
Situational Irony
Syllogism
39. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Anaphora
Imagery
Deductive Reasoning
40. The underlying message
Theme
Euphemism
Analogy
Alliteration
41. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Zeugma
Chiasmus
Juxtaposition
Allusion
42. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Anticlimax
Euphemism
Cliche
Climax
43. An unexpected outcome
A Priori Reasoning
Tone
Syntax
Irony
44. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Archetype
Foil
Bathos
Epitaph
45. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Sarcasm
Connotation
Symbol
Thesis
46. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Anaphora
Antithesis
Mood
47. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Non Sequitur
Bathos
48. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Homily
Inductive Reasoning
Inference
49. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Tone
Juxtaposition
Subtext
50. Direct contrast or opposite
Zeugma
Denotation
Antithesis
Point of attack