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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. Word order or organization
Onomatopoeia
Syntax
Satire
Inductive Reasoning
2. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Hyperbole
Symbol
Anaphora
Conceit
3. A mistake in reasoning
Repetition
Satire
Logical Fallacy
Extended Metaphor
4. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Symbol
Aphorism
Paradox
Rhetorical Question
5. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Consonance
Bathos
Logical Fallacy
Anaphora
6. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Conflict
Repetition
Extended Metaphor
Figurative Language
7. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Personification
Thesis
Extended Metaphor
8. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Anaphora
Antithesis
Foil
9. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Foreshadowing
Syntax
Non Sequitur
10. When the story begins
Point of attack
Situational Irony
Mood
Archetype
11. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Irony
A Priori Reasoning
Alliteration
12. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Tone
Characterization
Juxtaposition
Inference
13. A formal speech praising one who has died
Juxtaposition
Enumeration
Eulogy
Conceit
14. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Allusion
Apostrophe
Aphorism
15. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Metonymy
Syllogism
Setting
Personification
16. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Dialect
Synecdoche
Onomatopoeia
Enumeration
17. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Foil
Rhetoric
Euphemism
Anaphora
18. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Verbal Irony
Setting
Anticlimax
Conceit
19. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Theme
Ambiguity
Controlling Metaphor
20. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Diction
Syntax
Subtext
21. Word choice
Pun
Diction
Synecdoche
Conflict
22. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Conflict
Verbal Irony
Eulogy
Conceit
23. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Thesis
Repetition
Characterization
24. Words that create mental pictures
Cliche
Theme
Epiphany
Imagery
25. An inscription on a tombstone
Hyperbole
Denouement
Epitaph
Tone
26. The answer to a question
Syntax
Pathetic Fallacy
Thesis
Didactic
27. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Epigraph
Controlling Metaphor
Ambiguity
28. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Understatement
Allusion
Cliche
Foreshadowing
29. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Hyperbole
Understatement
Pathetic Fallacy
Jargon
30. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Enumeration
Pun
Figurative Language
Controlling Metaphor
31. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Subtext
Foreshadowing
Anecdote
32. Direct contrast or opposite
Metonymy
Parable
Analogy
Antithesis
33. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Characterization
Parable
Parallelism
Subtext
34. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Homily
Denotation
Connotation
Antithesis
35. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Tone
Allusion
Inductive Reasoning
Anaphora
36. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Antithesis
Sarcasm
Motif
Climax
37. Emotional definition of a word
Extended Metaphor
Diction
Dialect
Connotation
38. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Satire
Colloquial
Rhetoric
39. A moment of great revelation
Epiphany
Satire
Theme
Synecdoche
40. Same beginning sound
Exposition
Alliteration
Archetype
Characterization
41. A comparison using like or as
Hyperbole
Simile
Epigraph
Assonance
42. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Enumeration
Parallelism
Sarcasm
Parody
43. Same ending sounds
Epigraph
Assonance
Consonance
Analogy
44. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Climax
Logical Fallacy
Apostrophe
45. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Jargon
Synecdoche
Tone
Extended Metaphor
46. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anaphora
Conceit
Homily
Epigraph
47. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Pathetic Fallacy
Parallelism
Repetition
Metaphor
48. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Thesis
Controlling Metaphor
Pedantic
Parody
49. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Dialect
Alliteration
Subtext
Hyperbole
50. The underlying message
Dramatic Irony
Analogy
Theme
Juxtaposition