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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Exaggeration
Ad Hominem
Hyperbole
Parody
Zeugma
2. Technical - specialized language
Epitaph
Bathos
Jargon
Juxtaposition
3. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Cliche
Climax
Symbol
Allegory
4. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Sarcasm
Hyperbole
Climax
5. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Cliche
Tone
Didactic
Motif
6. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Personification
Conceit
Inductive Reasoning
Repetition
7. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Syllogism
Anaphora
Setting
Denotation
8. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Foil
Dramatic Irony
Anticlimax
Logical Fallacy
9. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Denotation
Alliteration
Bathos
Denouement
10. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Oxymoron
Allegory
Sarcasm
Denotation
11. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Subtext
Parallelism
Sarcasm
Ambiguity
12. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Foreshadowing
Subtext
Diction
Parody
13. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Understatement
Climax
Dialect
Non Sequitur
14. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Verbal Irony
Alliteration
Deductive Reasoning
Personification
15. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Antithesis
Anticlimax
Enumeration
Paradox
16. A formal - often pompous - speech
Mood
Metaphor
Colloquial
Oratory
17. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Antithesis
Oxymoron
Epiphany
18. Word order or organization
Syntax
Apostrophe
Pedantic
Bathos
19. The use of slang in writing
Inductive Reasoning
Ambiguity
Colloquial
Allusion
20. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Ambiguity
Diction
Parable
Extended Metaphor
21. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Irony
Deductive Reasoning
Enumeration
22. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Metonymy
Inference
Assonance
Allusion
23. Direct contrast or opposite
Verbal Irony
Antithesis
Rhetoric
Chiasmus
24. Direct contrast or opposite
Synecdoche
Antithesis
Alliteration
Anticlimax
25. A political comment through the use of humor
Colloquial
Satire
Antithesis
Pathos
26. A comparison using like or as
Anticlimax
Simile
Pedantic
Zeugma
27. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Zeugma
Extended Metaphor
Inference
Metaphor
28. Emotional definition of a word
Mood
Ambiguity
Ad Hominem
Connotation
29. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Inference
Homily
Hyperbole
30. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Pathos
Didactic
Diction
Enumeration
31. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Syntax
Foreshadowing
Sarcasm
32. Where the audience knows more than the character
Ambiguity
Dramatic Irony
Metonymy
Characterization
33. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Apostrophe
Parable
Denotation
Juxtaposition
34. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Mood
Verbal Irony
Symbol
35. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Conflict
Metaphor
Subtext
Denouement
36. A numbered list
Symbol
Ad Hominem
Enumeration
Allegory
37. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Mood
Pathetic Fallacy
Cliche
Climax
38. The underlying message
Imagery
Homily
Theme
Parallelism
39. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Inference
Homily
Allusion
Repetition
40. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Homily
Apostrophe
Anecdote
Chiasmus
41. A mistake in reasoning
Epigraph
Anecdote
Logical Fallacy
Irony
42. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Epigraph
Parody
Foil
43. Time and place of a story
Pathetic Fallacy
Setting
Imagery
Parody
44. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Assonance
Foil
Pathetic Fallacy
Enumeration
45. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Logical Fallacy
Didactic
Mood
46. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Understatement
Subtext
Epigraph
Satire
47. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Non Sequitur
Analogy
Juxtaposition
Controlling Metaphor
48. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Flashback
Antithesis
Personification
Characterization
49. Events that take place before the story begins
Juxtaposition
Denotation
Exposition
Epiphany
50. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Verbal Irony
Connotation
Homily
Conceit