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Rhetoric Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






2. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"






3. A political comment through the use of humor






4. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






5. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character






6. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral






7. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea






8. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen






9. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme






10. The recreation of regional spoken language






11. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story






12. Words which evoke sorrow






13. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous






14. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)






15. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






16. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point






17. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea






18. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






19. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd






20. Words that create mental pictures






21. Exaggeration






22. A direct comparison






23. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story






24. When the story begins






25. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is






26. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






27. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning






28. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite






29. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences






30. Contrasting words placed together for effect






31. Time and place of a story






32. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)






33. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)






34. A conclusion drawn from presented details






35. Repetition of vowel sounds






36. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics






37. A moment of great revelation






38. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach






39. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there






40. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect






41. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting






42. Same beginning sound






43. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)






44. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work






45. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes






46. Where the audience knows more than the character






47. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words






48. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious






49. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






50. Sound words - imitative harmony