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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Thesis
Zeugma
Point of attack
2. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Metonymy
A Priori Reasoning
Rhetoric
3. A short witty statement
Symbol
Aphorism
Allegory
Characterization
4. Direct contrast or opposite
Controlling Metaphor
Antithesis
Characterization
Oxymoron
5. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Controlling Metaphor
Eulogy
Rhetorical Question
Sarcasm
6. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Bathos
Ad Hominem
Archetype
Characterization
7. Word order or organization
Anticlimax
Dramatic Irony
Allusion
Syntax
8. Emotional response of the reader
Pedantic
Homily
Deductive Reasoning
Mood
9. A comparison using like or as
Consonance
Anticlimax
Parable
Simile
10. The underlying message
Anecdote
Flashback
Non Sequitur
Theme
11. Technical - specialized language
Flashback
Jargon
Verbal Irony
Didactic
12. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Inference
Dramatic Irony
Cliche
Enumeration
13. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Connotation
Pun
Allusion
Euphemism
14. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Non Sequitur
Parody
Anecdote
Irony
15. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Antithesis
Zeugma
Foil
16. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Apostrophe
Anticlimax
Euphemism
Pun
17. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Thesis
Oxymoron
Situational Irony
Syllogism
18. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Juxtaposition
Hyperbole
Paradox
19. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Onomatopoeia
Sarcasm
Setting
20. Time and place of a story
Jargon
Anecdote
Setting
Simile
21. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Subtext
Conceit
Diction
Understatement
22. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Denotation
Epiphany
Irony
23. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Dramatic Irony
Didactic
Cliche
Repetition
24. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Pun
Personification
Point of attack
Antithesis
25. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Chiasmus
Onomatopoeia
A Priori Reasoning
Paradox
26. Same beginning sound
Synecdoche
Alliteration
Dramatic Irony
Conceit
27. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Antithesis
Motif
Figurative Language
Foil
28. Word choice
Diction
Oxymoron
Pun
Rhetorical Question
29. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Flashback
Rhetoric
Oxymoron
Logical Fallacy
30. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Parable
Tone
Metonymy
Mood
31. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Non Sequitur
Anecdote
Rhetoric
32. Exaggeration
Parallelism
Foil
Hyperbole
Allusion
33. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Denouement
Pedantic
Euphemism
Motif
34. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
A Priori Reasoning
Denouement
Setting
Pathos
35. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Homily
Verbal Irony
Flashback
Hyperbole
36. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Homily
Onomatopoeia
Characterization
37. A formal - often pompous - speech
Verbal Irony
Assonance
Oratory
Allusion
38. An unexpected outcome
Synecdoche
Simile
Chiasmus
Irony
39. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Situational Irony
Syllogism
Metaphor
Oxymoron
40. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Parody
Ambiguity
Epitaph
Alliteration
41. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Synecdoche
Juxtaposition
Diction
42. Events that take place before the story begins
Exposition
Epigraph
Enumeration
Jargon
43. A mistake in reasoning
Denotation
Logical Fallacy
Archetype
Situational Irony
44. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
A Priori Reasoning
Subtext
Assonance
Motif
45. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Cliche
Simile
Oratory
46. 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.)
Imagery
Sarcasm
Foreshadowing
Zeugma
47. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Foil
Figurative Language
Conceit
Anecdote
48. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Parody
Epigraph
Antithesis
49. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Cliche
Syntax
Onomatopoeia
Pun
50. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Enumeration
Allegory
Bathos
Ad Hominem
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