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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. A particularly clever extended metaphor






2. Meaning or emotion underneath the words






3. Repetition of vowel sounds






4. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things






5. A political comment through the use of humor






6. Words that create mental pictures






7. Dictionary definition of a word






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






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






10. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves






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






12. Direct contrast or opposite






13. Where the audience knows more than the character






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






15. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea






16. The use of slang in writing






17. When the story begins






18. A story that functions on the symbolic level






19. Emotional response of the reader






20. A formal speech praising one who has died






21. Emotional definition of a word






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






23. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific






24. Contrasting words placed together for effect






25. Same ending sounds






26. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose






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






28. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it






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






30. A word that represents a larger idea or concept






31. Same beginning sound






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






33. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand






34. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)






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






36. A numbered list






37. An inscription on a tombstone






38. A mistake in reasoning






39. Literary - historical - artistic reference






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






41. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion






42. Time and place of a story






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






44. A short witty statement






45. Exaggeration






46. The underlying message






47. A question that does not expect an explicit answer






48. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas






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






50. A comparison using like or as