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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Diction
Deductive Reasoning
Parallelism
Aphorism
2. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Repetition
Apostrophe
Archetype
Epiphany
3. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Sarcasm
Figurative Language
Connotation
4. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Characterization
Extended Metaphor
Denouement
Anaphora
5. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Epigraph
Archetype
Pedantic
6. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Denotation
Flashback
Dialect
7. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Analogy
Homily
Inductive Reasoning
Synecdoche
8. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Ad Hominem
Chiasmus
Subtext
Euphemism
9. Time and place of a story
Pun
Chiasmus
Setting
Euphemism
10. A numbered list
Epiphany
Enumeration
Conflict
Dramatic Irony
11. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
A Priori Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Verbal Irony
Inductive Reasoning
12. Word order or organization
Dialect
Anaphora
Syntax
Sarcasm
13. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Ad Hominem
Pedantic
Allusion
Motif
14. When the story begins
Ambiguity
Point of attack
Subtext
Euphemism
15. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Conceit
Motif
Antithesis
16. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Exposition
Juxtaposition
Metaphor
Personification
17. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Ad Hominem
Rhetorical Question
Inference
Thesis
18. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Pun
Assonance
Parable
Aphorism
19. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Understatement
Symbol
Irony
Ad Hominem
20. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Bathos
Pedantic
Situational Irony
21. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Parallelism
Synecdoche
Euphemism
Metaphor
22. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Colloquial
Denouement
Tone
23. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Didactic
Point of attack
Allegory
24. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Flashback
Climax
Conceit
Foil
25. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Epigraph
Zeugma
Antithesis
Ambiguity
26. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Syllogism
Denouement
Mood
A Priori Reasoning
27. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Connotation
Pun
Archetype
28. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Didactic
Conflict
Connotation
Foil
29. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Oxymoron
Imagery
Alliteration
Allegory
30. The use of slang in writing
Ambiguity
Aphorism
Dialect
Colloquial
31. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Simile
Alliteration
Anecdote
Figurative Language
32. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Juxtaposition
Syntax
Flashback
Anaphora
33. A formal - often pompous - speech
Oratory
Pathetic Fallacy
Metaphor
Satire
34. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Repetition
A Priori Reasoning
Characterization
35. Where the audience knows more than the character
Rhetorical Question
Dramatic Irony
Jargon
Climax
36. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Mood
Pedantic
Jargon
Situational Irony
37. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Ad Hominem
Parable
A Priori Reasoning
38. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Metaphor
Anticlimax
Conceit
Non Sequitur
39. An overused expression
Antithesis
A Priori Reasoning
Cliche
Anecdote
40. 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.)
Eulogy
Zeugma
Synecdoche
Paradox
41. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Allusion
Pun
Metaphor
Rhetoric
42. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Sarcasm
Anaphora
Inductive Reasoning
Anecdote
43. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Pun
Analogy
Foil
Parable
44. Words that create mental pictures
Syntax
Subtext
Colloquial
Imagery
45. The underlying message
Sarcasm
Ambiguity
Climax
Theme
46. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Sarcasm
Verbal Irony
Inductive Reasoning
Climax
47. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Anaphora
Alliteration
Deductive Reasoning
Euphemism
48. Direct contrast or opposite
Pedantic
Simile
Syllogism
Antithesis
49. Emotional definition of a word
Cliche
Connotation
Allusion
Epitaph
50. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Chiasmus
Mood
Anecdote
Apostrophe