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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Parallelism
Deductive Reasoning
Enumeration
Archetype
2. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Extended Metaphor
Bathos
Hyperbole
3. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Enumeration
Consonance
Homily
Setting
4. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Conceit
Non Sequitur
Onomatopoeia
5. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Metaphor
Inductive Reasoning
Situational Irony
Controlling Metaphor
6. The recreation of regional spoken language
Dialect
Oxymoron
Symbol
Oratory
7. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Point of attack
Mood
Dramatic Irony
8. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Theme
Pun
Metonymy
Euphemism
9. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Personification
Deductive Reasoning
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
10. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Paradox
11. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Metaphor
Point of attack
Ad Hominem
12. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Euphemism
Syllogism
Flashback
Chiasmus
13. The underlying message
Point of attack
Thesis
Imagery
Theme
14. Technical - specialized language
Personification
Conceit
Satire
Jargon
15. A direct comparison
Verbal Irony
Parable
Metaphor
Eulogy
16. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Connotation
Satire
Syntax
17. Words that create mental pictures
Situational Irony
Juxtaposition
Satire
Imagery
18. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Onomatopoeia
Exposition
Sarcasm
Rhetorical Question
19. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Personification
Oratory
Anaphora
Subtext
20. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Satire
Ad Hominem
Ambiguity
21. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ambiguity
Pun
A Priori Reasoning
Metonymy
22. Word order or organization
Verbal Irony
Epigraph
Rhetorical Question
Syntax
23. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Syntax
Enumeration
Paradox
24. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Epiphany
Inference
Anticlimax
25. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Oratory
Archetype
Antithesis
26. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Chiasmus
Setting
Alliteration
Parable
27. A formal speech praising one who has died
Euphemism
Symbol
Eulogy
Metonymy
28. Change and growth of the character
Tone
Characterization
Euphemism
Setting
29. A mistake in reasoning
Pathetic Fallacy
Motif
Oratory
Logical Fallacy
30. Repetition of vowel sounds
Simile
Juxtaposition
Mood
Assonance
31. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Tone
Archetype
Point of attack
32. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Didactic
Figurative Language
Verbal Irony
Epitaph
33. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Enumeration
Allegory
Motif
Assonance
34. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Deductive Reasoning
Motif
Cliche
Zeugma
35. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Antithesis
Euphemism
Pedantic
Anaphora
36. Emotional response of the reader
Mood
Anticlimax
Simile
Metaphor
37. An unexpected outcome
Diction
Paradox
Assonance
Irony
38. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Rhetoric
Setting
Climax
39. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Euphemism
Syllogism
Foreshadowing
Diction
40. A formal - often pompous - speech
Theme
Oratory
Chiasmus
Enumeration
41. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Denouement
Repetition
Inductive Reasoning
Pathos
42. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Denotation
Hyperbole
Bathos
Allusion
43. Exaggeration
Synecdoche
Hyperbole
Motif
Deductive Reasoning
44. 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.)
Zeugma
Pun
Parallelism
Metonymy
45. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Denouement
Ambiguity
Understatement
Ad Hominem
46. When the story begins
Pathetic Fallacy
Didactic
Deductive Reasoning
Point of attack
47. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Point of attack
Subtext
Flashback
Consonance
48. A political comment through the use of humor
Enumeration
Theme
Sarcasm
Satire
49. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anaphora
Aphorism
Paradox
Thesis
50. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Homily
Subtext
Controlling Metaphor
Non Sequitur
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