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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Theme
Allusion
Symbol
2. A mistake in reasoning
Metaphor
Logical Fallacy
Didactic
Verbal Irony
3. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Jargon
Satire
Consonance
Pun
4. Same beginning sound
Anecdote
Zeugma
Alliteration
Rhetorical Question
5. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Conflict
Climax
Archetype
Inductive Reasoning
6. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Epiphany
Personification
Anticlimax
Bathos
7. Words which evoke sorrow
Assonance
Mood
Rhetoric
Pathos
8. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Anticlimax
Diction
Deductive Reasoning
Didactic
9. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Metonymy
Onomatopoeia
Rhetorical Question
Allusion
10. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Satire
Jargon
Tone
Allusion
11. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Deductive Reasoning
Situational Irony
Setting
12. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Hyperbole
Parable
Subtext
Personification
13. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Didactic
Deductive Reasoning
Jargon
Conceit
14. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Cliche
Theme
Ad Hominem
A Priori Reasoning
15. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Ad Hominem
Anecdote
Parallelism
Synecdoche
16. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Eulogy
Subtext
Extended Metaphor
Pathos
17. Sound words - imitative harmony
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Subtext
18. Emotional response of the reader
Mood
Allegory
Alliteration
Conceit
19. 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
Consonance
Syllogism
Aphorism
20. A formal - often pompous - speech
Flashback
Conceit
Oratory
Epiphany
21. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Anticlimax
Zeugma
A Priori Reasoning
Paradox
22. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Simile
Parallelism
Situational Irony
Anaphora
23. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Oratory
Parable
Bathos
24. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Point of attack
Ad Hominem
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
25. A formal speech praising one who has died
Verbal Irony
Pathos
Eulogy
Pedantic
26. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Parody
Flashback
Theme
27. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Exposition
Theme
Oxymoron
Juxtaposition
28. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Rhetorical Question
Inductive Reasoning
Syllogism
Dialect
29. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Irony
Pedantic
Ad Hominem
Controlling Metaphor
30. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Oxymoron
Anticlimax
Denotation
Parody
31. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Conflict
Logical Fallacy
Alliteration
Understatement
32. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Epitaph
Motif
Ambiguity
Simile
33. Repetition of vowel sounds
Theme
Antithesis
Simile
Assonance
34. Emotional definition of a word
Conflict
Syntax
Diction
Connotation
35. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Satire
Ambiguity
Rhetorical Question
Dramatic Irony
36. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Pun
Consonance
Point of attack
37. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Rhetoric
Allegory
Allusion
Figurative Language
38. The answer to a question
Irony
Subtext
Subtext
Thesis
39. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Foil
Dramatic Irony
Consonance
Archetype
40. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Setting
Foil
Didactic
Satire
41. Exaggeration
Extended Metaphor
Hyperbole
Ambiguity
Foreshadowing
42. Word choice
Zeugma
Diction
Setting
Exposition
43. Word order or organization
Syntax
Analogy
Alliteration
Flashback
44. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Epigraph
Synecdoche
Metaphor
45. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Controlling Metaphor
Allegory
Theme
Enumeration
46. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Figurative Language
Paradox
Eulogy
Metonymy
47. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Chiasmus
Juxtaposition
Climax
Subtext
48. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Ad Hominem
Understatement
Repetition
Pun
49. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Parable
Paradox
Conflict
Allegory
50. The underlying message
Connotation
Theme
Allusion
Epigraph