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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. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Antithesis
Syntax
Understatement
Sarcasm
2. The recreation of regional spoken language
Consonance
Repetition
Dialect
Foreshadowing
3. Words that create mental pictures
Metaphor
Metonymy
Allegory
Imagery
4. Sound words - imitative harmony
Denouement
Foil
Onomatopoeia
Satire
5. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Anaphora
Personification
Sarcasm
Verbal Irony
6. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Repetition
Chiasmus
Connotation
7. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Denouement
Flashback
Characterization
Point of attack
8. Same beginning sound
Motif
Setting
Alliteration
Pathetic Fallacy
9. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Motif
Verbal Irony
Rhetoric
Setting
10. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Subtext
Tone
Imagery
Figurative Language
11. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Synecdoche
Antithesis
Parody
Syntax
12. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Oratory
Verbal Irony
Analogy
Simile
13. Same ending sounds
Epitaph
Consonance
Ambiguity
Onomatopoeia
14. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Non Sequitur
Theme
Bathos
Metaphor
15. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Tone
Sarcasm
Anecdote
Allusion
16. Word choice
Denouement
Bathos
Diction
Mood
17. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Tone
Epigraph
Rhetorical Question
Mood
18. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Anecdote
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
Pun
19. A formal speech praising one who has died
Cliche
Eulogy
Simile
Hyperbole
20. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Metonymy
Conflict
Pathetic Fallacy
Consonance
21. A numbered list
Enumeration
Inference
Sarcasm
Anticlimax
22. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Characterization
Homily
Foil
23. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Alliteration
Euphemism
Climax
Apostrophe
24. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Rhetorical Question
Didactic
Satire
Personification
25. A short witty statement
Assonance
Parable
Aphorism
Tone
26. Emotional definition of a word
Connotation
Alliteration
Situational Irony
Parable
27. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Pedantic
Logical Fallacy
Oxymoron
Sarcasm
28. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Epiphany
A Priori Reasoning
Repetition
Figurative Language
29. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Allusion
Chiasmus
Oratory
Pathetic Fallacy
30. An inscription on a tombstone
Thesis
Anaphora
Ad Hominem
Epitaph
31. Time and place of a story
Setting
Oratory
Ad Hominem
Personification
32. A formal - often pompous - speech
Epitaph
Mood
Oratory
Inductive Reasoning
33. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Bathos
Eulogy
Subtext
Extended Metaphor
34. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Apostrophe
Irony
Aphorism
35. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Symbol
Syllogism
Sarcasm
36. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Verbal Irony
Inference
Onomatopoeia
37. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Allegory
Mood
Antithesis
38. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Imagery
Mood
Colloquial
Pedantic
39. Technical - specialized language
Characterization
Jargon
Imagery
Tone
40. An overused expression
Euphemism
Cliche
Anecdote
Chiasmus
41. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Inductive Reasoning
Parallelism
Rhetoric
Allegory
42. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Homily
Motif
Syntax
Archetype
43. A direct comparison
Oratory
Pedantic
Metaphor
Allegory
44. The underlying message
Repetition
Theme
Assonance
Analogy
45. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Eulogy
Anecdote
Theme
46. Emotional response of the reader
Characterization
Mood
Tone
Eulogy
47. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Analogy
Anticlimax
Synecdoche
Syllogism
48. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Non Sequitur
Colloquial
Situational Irony
Motif
49. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Apostrophe
Figurative Language
Bathos
Oratory
50. Direct contrast or opposite
Pathos
Rhetoric
Paradox
Antithesis