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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Mood
Aphorism
Anticlimax
Deductive Reasoning
2. A direct comparison
Syntax
Subtext
Connotation
Metaphor
3. An overused expression
Analogy
Setting
Denouement
Cliche
4. Word choice
Onomatopoeia
Analogy
Setting
Diction
5. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Sarcasm
Metaphor
Inductive Reasoning
Verbal Irony
6. Repetition of vowel sounds
Dramatic Irony
Assonance
Characterization
Bathos
7. Words that create mental pictures
Rhetoric
Verbal Irony
Foil
Imagery
8. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Flashback
Parallelism
Foreshadowing
Ad Hominem
9. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Apostrophe
Metonymy
Bathos
Onomatopoeia
10. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Antithesis
Pedantic
Aphorism
Foil
11. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Personification
Theme
Conflict
12. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Deductive Reasoning
Foreshadowing
Analogy
Allegory
13. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Archetype
Denotation
14. Words which evoke sorrow
Logical Fallacy
Parallelism
Pathos
Pathetic Fallacy
15. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Exposition
Sarcasm
Foil
Parody
16. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Analogy
Anecdote
Conceit
Tone
17. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anaphora
Epitaph
Anticlimax
Euphemism
18. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Homily
Understatement
Metonymy
Syllogism
19. Contrasting words placed together for effect
A Priori Reasoning
Oxymoron
Sarcasm
Ambiguity
20. A political comment through the use of humor
Anaphora
Denouement
Satire
Non Sequitur
21. An unexpected outcome
Synecdoche
Syllogism
Irony
Chiasmus
22. Emotional definition of a word
Irony
Connotation
Pathetic Fallacy
Conceit
23. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Parallelism
Enumeration
Epigraph
Anticlimax
24. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Controlling Metaphor
Figurative Language
Conceit
Synecdoche
25. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Eulogy
Consonance
Pedantic
Parallelism
26. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Enumeration
Synecdoche
Jargon
27. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Connotation
Sarcasm
Rhetoric
Simile
28. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Irony
Subtext
Pedantic
Conceit
29. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Eulogy
Conflict
Chiasmus
Foil
30. The recreation of regional spoken language
Deductive Reasoning
Setting
Dialect
Allegory
31. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Conceit
Setting
Simile
32. Direct contrast or opposite
Aphorism
Antithesis
Oratory
Pedantic
33. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Inference
Antithesis
Mood
34. A short witty statement
Mood
Exposition
Antithesis
Aphorism
35. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Jargon
Zeugma
Logical Fallacy
36. Change and growth of the character
Dramatic Irony
Characterization
Hyperbole
Aphorism
37. A comparison using like or as
Jargon
Simile
Anecdote
Flashback
38. The answer to a question
Imagery
Thesis
Homily
Colloquial
39. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Point of attack
Metonymy
Anecdote
Dialect
40. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Ambiguity
Diction
Syntax
41. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Dramatic Irony
Motif
Syllogism
Pathetic Fallacy
42. Same beginning sound
Epigraph
Conceit
Alliteration
Epiphany
43. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Climax
Allegory
Cliche
Rhetorical Question
44. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Allegory
Antithesis
Climax
Verbal Irony
45. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Repetition
Simile
Bathos
Personification
46. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
A Priori Reasoning
Imagery
Juxtaposition
47. Exaggeration
Logical Fallacy
Pathos
Hyperbole
Denouement
48. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Conceit
Homily
Pathetic Fallacy
Anecdote
49. Time and place of a story
Tone
Subtext
Pedantic
Setting
50. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Metonymy
Subtext
Denouement
Flashback
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