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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. A comparison using like or as
Tone
Imagery
Simile
Hyperbole
2. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Allegory
Satire
Anecdote
3. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
A Priori Reasoning
Syllogism
Inductive Reasoning
Alliteration
4. Emotional definition of a word
Extended Metaphor
Consonance
Connotation
Foreshadowing
5. An inscription on a tombstone
Syllogism
Antithesis
Epitaph
Anecdote
6. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Paradox
Imagery
Dialect
Conceit
7. 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
Antithesis
Analogy
8. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Extended Metaphor
Satire
Tone
Pathos
9. Direct contrast or opposite
Inference
Pun
Cliche
Antithesis
10. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Inference
Paradox
Oratory
Pun
11. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Connotation
A Priori Reasoning
Setting
12. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Parallelism
Metonymy
Epigraph
Verbal Irony
13. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Synecdoche
Rhetoric
Symbol
A Priori Reasoning
14. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Simile
Situational Irony
Personification
Pathetic Fallacy
15. A mistake in reasoning
Personification
Logical Fallacy
Allusion
Irony
16. The underlying message
Oxymoron
Theme
Parody
Onomatopoeia
17. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Connotation
Syllogism
Figurative Language
Alliteration
18. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Subtext
Verbal Irony
Understatement
Foil
19. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Alliteration
Analogy
Climax
Theme
20. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Tone
Exposition
Ad Hominem
21. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Epitaph
Chiasmus
Allusion
Dramatic Irony
22. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Irony
Ambiguity
Apostrophe
23. Same ending sounds
Dialect
Parable
Consonance
Assonance
24. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Figurative Language
Allusion
Parallelism
Denotation
25. A moment of great revelation
Paradox
Diction
Epiphany
Homily
26. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Parallelism
Tone
Pedantic
27. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Flashback
Ambiguity
Conflict
Rhetoric
28. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Parallelism
Allegory
Logical Fallacy
Assonance
29. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Extended Metaphor
Mood
Dialect
30. A formal - often pompous - speech
Repetition
Oratory
Pathos
Paradox
31. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Foreshadowing
Parable
Oxymoron
Situational Irony
32. Technical - specialized language
Anticlimax
Bathos
Parallelism
Jargon
33. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Conflict
Analogy
Oratory
Denotation
34. Where the audience knows more than the character
Climax
Dramatic Irony
Analogy
Denouement
35. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Imagery
Sarcasm
Parody
Enumeration
36. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Antithesis
Jargon
Archetype
Chiasmus
37. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Archetype
Syllogism
Bathos
Satire
38. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Satire
Antithesis
Flashback
Euphemism
39. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Pathetic Fallacy
Understatement
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
40. Sound words - imitative harmony
Parable
Denouement
Epitaph
Onomatopoeia
41. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Sarcasm
Oratory
Ad Hominem
Metaphor
42. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Paradox
Mood
Motif
Conceit
43. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Climax
Pathetic Fallacy
Epitaph
44. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Parable
Allusion
Conflict
Onomatopoeia
45. Events that take place before the story begins
Allegory
Connotation
Exposition
Synecdoche
46. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Pathetic Fallacy
Denotation
Zeugma
47. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Pedantic
Setting
Rhetorical Question
Foreshadowing
48. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Allusion
Satire
Deductive Reasoning
Foreshadowing
49. Word choice
Zeugma
Deductive Reasoning
Pathos
Diction
50. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Juxtaposition
Colloquial
Mood
Assonance