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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Aphorism
Anticlimax
Understatement
2. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Eulogy
Deductive Reasoning
Figurative Language
Ambiguity
3. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Subtext
Theme
Apostrophe
Homily
4. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Onomatopoeia
Climax
Parody
Understatement
5. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Dialect
Bathos
Alliteration
Extended Metaphor
6. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Ambiguity
Logical Fallacy
Colloquial
Subtext
7. Emotional definition of a word
Connotation
Inference
Point of attack
Ad Hominem
8. The answer to a question
Setting
Rhetoric
Thesis
A Priori Reasoning
9. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Juxtaposition
Symbol
Conceit
Understatement
10. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Antithesis
Climax
Satire
11. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Rhetoric
Sarcasm
Colloquial
12. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Controlling Metaphor
Anticlimax
Simile
13. Technical - specialized language
Climax
Analogy
Jargon
Point of attack
14. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Non Sequitur
Synecdoche
Inference
Conflict
15. Repetition of vowel sounds
Logical Fallacy
Assonance
Oratory
Juxtaposition
16. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Jargon
Epitaph
Synecdoche
Extended Metaphor
17. An inscription on a tombstone
Ambiguity
Epitaph
Hyperbole
Eulogy
18. Word choice
Allusion
Aphorism
Diction
Apostrophe
19. Direct contrast or opposite
Epitaph
Antithesis
Pun
Connotation
20. Time and place of a story
Anecdote
Setting
Rhetorical Question
Non Sequitur
21. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Jargon
Conflict
Parallelism
Situational Irony
22. Same ending sounds
Dramatic Irony
Consonance
Parody
Controlling Metaphor
23. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Euphemism
Chiasmus
Rhetoric
Synecdoche
24. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Oxymoron
Assonance
Epiphany
Subtext
25. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Aphorism
Apostrophe
Epiphany
Archetype
26. The recreation of regional spoken language
Apostrophe
Dialect
Logical Fallacy
Synecdoche
27. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Parallelism
Deductive Reasoning
Cliche
Anaphora
28. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Denotation
Onomatopoeia
Inductive Reasoning
Theme
29. The use of slang in writing
Ambiguity
Verbal Irony
Metonymy
Colloquial
30. A numbered list
Epiphany
Enumeration
Pathetic Fallacy
Epigraph
31. 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.)
Epiphany
Zeugma
Non Sequitur
Denotation
32. Dictionary definition of a word
Parallelism
Logical Fallacy
Consonance
Denotation
33. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Figurative Language
Onomatopoeia
Parable
Pun
34. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Tone
Pathetic Fallacy
Antithesis
Rhetorical Question
35. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
A Priori Reasoning
Analogy
Consonance
Motif
36. A formal - often pompous - speech
Oratory
Sarcasm
Anecdote
Jargon
37. Where the audience knows more than the character
Pedantic
Dramatic Irony
Connotation
Anecdote
38. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Satire
Conflict
Anaphora
Juxtaposition
39. A direct comparison
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Enumeration
40. An overused expression
Climax
Flashback
Oxymoron
Cliche
41. A formal speech praising one who has died
Bathos
Antithesis
Eulogy
Syntax
42. A mistake in reasoning
Enumeration
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Logical Fallacy
43. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Sarcasm
Subtext
Inductive Reasoning
Analogy
44. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Syllogism
Metaphor
Personification
Euphemism
45. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Flashback
Ambiguity
Diction
46. A political comment through the use of humor
Denouement
Cliche
Ambiguity
Satire
47. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Antithesis
Flashback
Pedantic
Foil
48. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Ad Hominem
Antithesis
Rhetorical Question
Juxtaposition
49. A short witty statement
Conflict
Imagery
Aphorism
Apostrophe
50. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Anticlimax
Tone
Dramatic Irony
Climax