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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. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Pathos
Pathetic Fallacy
Understatement
2. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Cliche
Allusion
Didactic
Imagery
3. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Foreshadowing
Epiphany
Thesis
4. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Parallelism
Alliteration
Situational Irony
5. Word order or organization
Analogy
Mood
Anecdote
Syntax
6. The answer to a question
Metaphor
Thesis
Analogy
Allusion
7. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Analogy
Aphorism
Conceit
Oxymoron
8. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Juxtaposition
Synecdoche
Allusion
Conceit
9. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Satire
Metaphor
Subtext
Antithesis
10. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Climax
Connotation
Denouement
A Priori Reasoning
11. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Inductive Reasoning
Denotation
Ad Hominem
12. A political comment through the use of humor
Onomatopoeia
Satire
Foil
Denotation
13. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Antithesis
Chiasmus
Homily
Juxtaposition
14. Technical - specialized language
Theme
Subtext
Figurative Language
Jargon
15. An overused expression
Exposition
Metaphor
Apostrophe
Cliche
16. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Epitaph
Tone
Symbol
Verbal Irony
17. Same beginning sound
Antithesis
Alliteration
Anaphora
Deductive Reasoning
18. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Cliche
Logical Fallacy
A Priori Reasoning
19. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Anaphora
Eulogy
Personification
Analogy
20. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Inductive Reasoning
Pedantic
Controlling Metaphor
Irony
21. Dictionary definition of a word
Exposition
Syllogism
Denotation
Assonance
22. A direct comparison
Imagery
Metaphor
Denotation
Parallelism
23. A moment of great revelation
Epiphany
Figurative Language
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
24. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Subtext
Pathos
Exposition
25. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Chiasmus
Ambiguity
Rhetoric
26. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Syllogism
Inductive Reasoning
Cliche
27. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Conflict
Archetype
Epigraph
Oratory
28. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Climax
Euphemism
Parable
Ambiguity
29. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Epiphany
Foreshadowing
A Priori Reasoning
Inference
30. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Thesis
Personification
Epigraph
Motif
31. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Antithesis
Anecdote
Imagery
Epiphany
32. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Inference
Parable
Repetition
Diction
33. Word choice
Diction
Logical Fallacy
Metaphor
Pun
34. Sound words - imitative harmony
Onomatopoeia
Denouement
Analogy
Rhetorical Question
35. A formal speech praising one who has died
Consonance
Subtext
Eulogy
Archetype
36. The underlying message
Anticlimax
Oxymoron
Theme
Metonymy
37. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Oxymoron
Enumeration
Figurative Language
Rhetorical Question
38. Words that create mental pictures
Foil
Imagery
Personification
Motif
39. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ambiguity
Conceit
Allusion
Pun
40. When the story begins
Epigraph
Point of attack
Ambiguity
Rhetoric
41. Same ending sounds
Pathos
Onomatopoeia
Sarcasm
Consonance
42. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Allegory
Dramatic Irony
Apostrophe
Euphemism
43. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Denotation
Figurative Language
Allegory
Subtext
44. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Assonance
Inference
Hyperbole
Flashback
45. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Flashback
Logical Fallacy
Didactic
Onomatopoeia
46. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Metonymy
Epigraph
Jargon
Archetype
47. The use of slang in writing
Figurative Language
Colloquial
Theme
Epitaph
48. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Sarcasm
Anaphora
Aphorism
Allusion
49. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Sarcasm
Syllogism
Denouement
Pathetic Fallacy
50. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Flashback
Mood
Denouement