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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 short witty statement
Repetition
Climax
Aphorism
Motif
2. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Ad Hominem
Synecdoche
Tone
Metonymy
3. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Enumeration
Parallelism
Allusion
Inductive Reasoning
4. A numbered list
Parody
Epigraph
Enumeration
Epiphany
5. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Rhetorical Question
Onomatopoeia
Rhetoric
Parallelism
6. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Hyperbole
Consonance
Euphemism
Paradox
7. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Conceit
Enumeration
Thesis
Personification
8. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Bathos
Analogy
Deductive Reasoning
Epigraph
9. Sound words - imitative harmony
Didactic
Onomatopoeia
Anaphora
Bathos
10. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Bathos
Irony
Rhetoric
Didactic
11. The answer to a question
Ad Hominem
A Priori Reasoning
Colloquial
Thesis
12. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Consonance
Foreshadowing
Hyperbole
Zeugma
13. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Theme
Antithesis
Analogy
Exposition
14. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Inference
Diction
Enumeration
15. Dictionary definition of a word
Onomatopoeia
Denotation
Mood
Oratory
16. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Flashback
Assonance
Bathos
Rhetorical Question
17. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Alliteration
Assonance
Denouement
18. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Pathetic Fallacy
Non Sequitur
Archetype
Controlling Metaphor
19. A comparison using like or as
Apostrophe
Simile
Syntax
Symbol
20. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Inductive Reasoning
Situational Irony
Allegory
Pedantic
21. An inscription on a tombstone
Allusion
Antithesis
Consonance
Epitaph
22. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Analogy
Syllogism
Chiasmus
Consonance
23. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Theme
Chiasmus
Conflict
Ad Hominem
24. A moment of great revelation
Analogy
Epiphany
Synecdoche
Epitaph
25. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Rhetorical Question
Non Sequitur
Hyperbole
Paradox
26. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Metonymy
Theme
Dialect
27. Words which evoke sorrow
Oratory
Assonance
Dialect
Pathos
28. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Verbal Irony
Apostrophe
Assonance
Climax
29. Where the audience knows more than the character
Climax
Chiasmus
Dramatic Irony
Satire
30. Time and place of a story
Foil
Setting
Verbal Irony
A Priori Reasoning
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.)
Subtext
Assonance
Zeugma
Flashback
32. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Motif
Ambiguity
Oratory
33. The underlying message
Repetition
Aphorism
Point of attack
Theme
34. Technical - specialized language
Epitaph
Extended Metaphor
Jargon
Conceit
35. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Imagery
Chiasmus
Anaphora
Antithesis
36. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Setting
Dramatic Irony
Enumeration
Ambiguity
37. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Onomatopoeia
Pun
Didactic
Euphemism
38. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Denouement
Tone
Dramatic Irony
Hyperbole
39. Exaggeration
Conflict
Rhetoric
Hyperbole
Denouement
40. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pathetic Fallacy
Pedantic
Assonance
A Priori Reasoning
41. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Anaphora
Symbol
Foil
Non Sequitur
42. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Chiasmus
Dramatic Irony
Subtext
Homily
43. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Ambiguity
Anticlimax
Denouement
Climax
44. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Figurative Language
Foil
Oxymoron
Enumeration
45. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Pathetic Fallacy
Metaphor
Tone
Analogy
46. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Pun
Hyperbole
Synecdoche
Parallelism
47. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Ambiguity
Synecdoche
Anticlimax
Parody
48. Events that take place before the story begins
Alliteration
Antithesis
Exposition
Irony
49. An overused expression
Juxtaposition
Irony
Eulogy
Cliche
50. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Ad Hominem
Situational Irony
Motif
Pathetic Fallacy