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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. An inscription on a tombstone
Alliteration
Anticlimax
Epitaph
Euphemism
2. A moment of great revelation
Foreshadowing
Epiphany
Point of attack
Anticlimax
3. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Hyperbole
Didactic
Assonance
A Priori Reasoning
4. The recreation of regional spoken language
Controlling Metaphor
Dialect
Anaphora
Assonance
5. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Onomatopoeia
Denotation
Allegory
6. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Inductive Reasoning
Pedantic
Mood
7. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Satire
Subtext
Paradox
Symbol
8. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Chiasmus
Ambiguity
Cliche
Extended Metaphor
9. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Zeugma
Deductive Reasoning
Paradox
Verbal Irony
10. Words that create mental pictures
Syntax
Anaphora
Paradox
Imagery
11. A formal - often pompous - speech
Conceit
Oratory
Pun
Synecdoche
12. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Ad Hominem
Conceit
Epigraph
Tone
13. Technical - specialized language
Pun
Conflict
Subtext
Jargon
14. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Epigraph
Tone
Enumeration
Assonance
15. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Onomatopoeia
Motif
Anecdote
Anaphora
16. Word order or organization
Aphorism
Homily
Syntax
Metaphor
17. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Epitaph
Repetition
Parallelism
Situational Irony
18. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Consonance
Foil
Denouement
Setting
19. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Eulogy
Zeugma
Tone
Ad Hominem
20. Direct contrast or opposite
Euphemism
Consonance
Deductive Reasoning
Antithesis
21. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Enumeration
Mood
Understatement
Imagery
22. A mistake in reasoning
Symbol
Consonance
Repetition
Logical Fallacy
23. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Personification
Irony
Theme
Inductive Reasoning
24. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Synecdoche
Alliteration
Consonance
Oratory
25. Repetition of vowel sounds
Deductive Reasoning
Assonance
Diction
Colloquial
26. An unexpected outcome
Cliche
Irony
Syllogism
Paradox
27. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Repetition
Metaphor
Deductive Reasoning
A Priori Reasoning
28. Same ending sounds
Rhetorical Question
Allusion
Theme
Consonance
29. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Epiphany
Synecdoche
Enumeration
Anticlimax
30. Emotional definition of a word
Alliteration
Imagery
Connotation
Synecdoche
31. Word choice
Oratory
Pathos
Diction
Exposition
32. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Climax
Logical Fallacy
Irony
Anaphora
33. A political comment through the use of humor
Dialect
Satire
Foreshadowing
Parallelism
34. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Rhetoric
Conceit
Repetition
Denouement
35. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Point of attack
Rhetoric
Pun
Denotation
36. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Verbal Irony
Subtext
Flashback
Denouement
37. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Pathos
Enumeration
Non Sequitur
Epiphany
38. Change and growth of the character
Foreshadowing
Anticlimax
Ad Hominem
Characterization
39. Sound words - imitative harmony
Anticlimax
Parody
Onomatopoeia
Metonymy
40. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Alliteration
Epigraph
Aphorism
Conceit
41. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Repetition
Alliteration
Jargon
42. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Rhetorical Question
Enumeration
Syntax
Analogy
43. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Oratory
Rhetoric
Thesis
Allusion
44. A numbered list
Archetype
Parable
Consonance
Enumeration
45. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Subtext
A Priori Reasoning
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
46. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Pun
Metaphor
Verbal Irony
47. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Cliche
Inductive Reasoning
Satire
Bathos
48. An overused expression
Cliche
Parody
Analogy
Hyperbole
49. 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.)
Pedantic
Zeugma
Onomatopoeia
Bathos
50. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Inference
Situational Irony
Irony
Parable