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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. The use of slang in writing
Chiasmus
Symbol
Colloquial
Eulogy
2. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
A Priori Reasoning
Inference
Syntax
3. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Anecdote
Didactic
Anaphora
Ad Hominem
4. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Homily
Inference
Pathos
Extended Metaphor
5. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Conceit
Flashback
Symbol
Oxymoron
6. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Assonance
Allegory
Epigraph
Subtext
7. An inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
Situational Irony
Metonymy
A Priori Reasoning
8. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Climax
Parable
Epiphany
9. A formal speech praising one who has died
Onomatopoeia
Epigraph
Subtext
Eulogy
10. Repetition of vowel sounds
Symbol
Anaphora
Assonance
Epiphany
11. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Personification
Chiasmus
Foreshadowing
12. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Simile
Jargon
Conceit
Epigraph
13. The answer to a question
Exposition
Thesis
Aphorism
Setting
14. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Inference
Subtext
Anaphora
Onomatopoeia
15. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Parody
Motif
Allegory
Anecdote
16. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Jargon
Tone
Conflict
Repetition
17. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Inference
Parallelism
Situational Irony
18. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Mood
Bathos
Oxymoron
19. Words that create mental pictures
Inductive Reasoning
Imagery
Conflict
Chiasmus
20. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Climax
Chiasmus
Pathetic Fallacy
Subtext
21. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Pathetic Fallacy
Inductive Reasoning
Diction
22. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Pedantic
Homily
Synecdoche
Metonymy
23. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Dramatic Irony
Archetype
Rhetorical Question
Non Sequitur
24. When the story begins
Parallelism
Imagery
Point of attack
Didactic
25. Where the audience knows more than the character
Parallelism
Dramatic Irony
Rhetoric
Symbol
26. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Point of attack
Mood
Didactic
Homily
27. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Climax
Syntax
Pedantic
Allegory
28. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Epiphany
Inference
Foil
Paradox
29. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Homily
Allusion
Metonymy
Personification
30. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Point of attack
Antithesis
Verbal Irony
Parable
31. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Motif
Theme
Setting
A Priori Reasoning
32. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Symbol
Deductive Reasoning
Understatement
Foreshadowing
33. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Syntax
Consonance
Exposition
34. Word order or organization
Personification
Diction
Syntax
Exposition
35. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Aphorism
Oratory
Paradox
Apostrophe
36. Same beginning sound
Pathos
Alliteration
Metaphor
Epiphany
37. The underlying message
Foil
Allusion
Connotation
Theme
38. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Rhetoric
Flashback
Anticlimax
Oxymoron
39. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Mood
Cliche
Subtext
40. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Logical Fallacy
Conflict
Bathos
Enumeration
41. A formal - often pompous - speech
Homily
Oratory
Rhetoric
Ambiguity
42. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Pathetic Fallacy
Characterization
Inference
43. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Tone
Connotation
Inference
Climax
44. Events that take place before the story begins
Colloquial
Climax
Exposition
Syllogism
45. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Characterization
Figurative Language
Paradox
Antithesis
46. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Connotation
Inference
Inductive Reasoning
Non Sequitur
47. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Colloquial
Analogy
48. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Exposition
Oxymoron
Non Sequitur
Conflict
49. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Ad Hominem
Point of attack
Juxtaposition
Climax
50. A direct comparison
Epigraph
Parallelism
Syllogism
Metaphor