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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 form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Analogy
Simile
Deductive Reasoning
Denouement
2. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Apostrophe
Dramatic Irony
Climax
Juxtaposition
3. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Mood
Exposition
Flashback
4. Words which evoke sorrow
Flashback
Eulogy
Characterization
Pathos
5. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Parallelism
Exposition
Paradox
6. Emotional response of the reader
Anecdote
Mood
Oxymoron
Foil
7. Exaggeration
Mood
Dialect
Hyperbole
Situational Irony
8. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Sarcasm
Bathos
Antithesis
Analogy
9. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Anticlimax
Parody
Irony
Analogy
10. A short witty statement
Synecdoche
Onomatopoeia
Conceit
Aphorism
11. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Conceit
Verbal Irony
Epiphany
Figurative Language
12. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Rhetoric
Repetition
Alliteration
Figurative Language
13. A mistake in reasoning
Bathos
Theme
Logical Fallacy
Dialect
14. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Extended Metaphor
15. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Anaphora
A Priori Reasoning
Subtext
Epiphany
16. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Homily
Satire
Rhetorical Question
Pathos
17. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Conceit
Inference
Anecdote
18. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Simile
Figurative Language
Sarcasm
Epitaph
19. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Parable
Situational Irony
Pedantic
Allusion
20. The answer to a question
Homily
Metonymy
Thesis
Logical Fallacy
21. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Metonymy
Inductive Reasoning
Antithesis
Point of attack
22. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Non Sequitur
Paradox
Anecdote
Allegory
23. A numbered list
Subtext
Enumeration
Syllogism
Point of attack
24. Same beginning sound
Verbal Irony
Alliteration
Eulogy
Subtext
25. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Satire
Logical Fallacy
Epiphany
26. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Repetition
Pathetic Fallacy
Homily
Oxymoron
27. Word choice
Diction
Alliteration
Syntax
Flashback
28. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Apostrophe
Theme
Climax
Situational Irony
29. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Satire
Theme
Juxtaposition
Synecdoche
30. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Chiasmus
Dramatic Irony
Denouement
Oratory
31. Events that take place before the story begins
Anaphora
Exposition
Antithesis
Setting
32. Where the audience knows more than the character
Motif
Parable
Dramatic Irony
Colloquial
33. When the story begins
Point of attack
Aphorism
Didactic
Deductive Reasoning
34. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Mood
Epiphany
Syllogism
Rhetorical Question
35. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Antithesis
Flashback
Foil
Understatement
36. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Satire
Subtext
Pathos
37. A moment of great revelation
Colloquial
Anaphora
Foreshadowing
Epiphany
38. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Satire
Anticlimax
Oxymoron
Ad Hominem
39. A political comment through the use of humor
Dialect
Foreshadowing
Oratory
Satire
40. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Analogy
Syntax
Archetype
Rhetoric
41. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Allusion
Paradox
Metonymy
42. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Dialect
Anecdote
Figurative Language
Jargon
43. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Understatement
Antithesis
Archetype
Bathos
44. Dictionary definition of a word
Mood
Bathos
Allusion
Denotation
45. A direct comparison
Parody
Figurative Language
Deductive Reasoning
Metaphor
46. Time and place of a story
Setting
Denotation
Zeugma
Denouement
47. Emotional definition of a word
Diction
Eulogy
Bathos
Connotation
48. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Bathos
Conflict
Imagery
Jargon
49. Word order or organization
Syntax
Metaphor
Flashback
Mood
50. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Eulogy
Euphemism
Personification