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Rhetoric Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Juxtaposition
Allusion
Non Sequitur
Cliche
2. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Allegory
Archetype
Controlling Metaphor
Pathos
3. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Figurative Language
Antithesis
Analogy
Consonance
4. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Assonance
Climax
Situational Irony
Conflict
5. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Tone
Pathos
Antithesis
Parable
6. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Theme
Onomatopoeia
Antithesis
Epigraph
7. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Logical Fallacy
Setting
Characterization
Flashback
8. Technical - specialized language
Assonance
Figurative Language
Jargon
Inference
9. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Extended Metaphor
Conflict
Pun
10. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Chiasmus
Anaphora
Inference
Metonymy
11. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Exposition
Assonance
Parody
12. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Setting
Symbol
Ambiguity
Denotation
13. Exaggeration
A Priori Reasoning
Controlling Metaphor
Hyperbole
Denotation
14. Emotional response of the reader
Subtext
Mood
Epitaph
Juxtaposition
15. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Repetition
Personification
Symbol
16. Emotional definition of a word
Parallelism
Bathos
Ad Hominem
Connotation
17. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Analogy
Parable
Parallelism
Subtext
18. A short witty statement
Exposition
Aphorism
Situational Irony
Characterization
19. 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.)
Satire
Verbal Irony
Zeugma
Allegory
20. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Didactic
Motif
Cliche
Foil
21. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Denouement
Euphemism
Setting
Conceit
22. Word order or organization
Syntax
Epigraph
Epitaph
Inference
23. A direct comparison
Metaphor
A Priori Reasoning
Paradox
Pathetic Fallacy
24. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Foil
Imagery
Juxtaposition
Oxymoron
25. The underlying message
Oratory
Alliteration
Theme
Epitaph
26. A comparison using like or as
Aphorism
Bathos
Simile
Sarcasm
27. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Syntax
Sarcasm
Tone
Synecdoche
28. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Parable
Anaphora
Motif
Homily
29. Words which evoke sorrow
Parallelism
Epigraph
Pathos
Theme
30. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Ad Hominem
Mood
Extended Metaphor
Oratory
31. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Personification
Symbol
Rhetorical Question
Ambiguity
32. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Inference
Pathos
Anaphora
Oratory
33. A moment of great revelation
Deductive Reasoning
Epiphany
Alliteration
Aphorism
34. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Ambiguity
Denouement
Oxymoron
Allegory
35. A political comment through the use of humor
Metaphor
Ambiguity
Situational Irony
Satire
36. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Chiasmus
A Priori Reasoning
Parody
Denotation
37. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Subtext
Homily
Imagery
Understatement
38. An overused expression
Syllogism
Ambiguity
Colloquial
Cliche
39. Time and place of a story
Setting
Theme
Antithesis
Inductive Reasoning
40. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Epigraph
Extended Metaphor
Homily
Paradox
41. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Theme
Inductive Reasoning
Archetype
Anticlimax
42. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Motif
Denotation
Didactic
43. An inscription on a tombstone
Parallelism
Juxtaposition
Epitaph
Jargon
44. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Figurative Language
Foil
Juxtaposition
45. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Homily
Didactic
Juxtaposition
Epiphany
46. Same beginning sound
Zeugma
Sarcasm
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
47. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Juxtaposition
Syntax
Deductive Reasoning
Connotation
48. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Denotation
Onomatopoeia
Sarcasm
Syllogism
49. Events that take place before the story begins
Allusion
Extended Metaphor
Subtext
Exposition
50. The use of slang in writing
Inductive Reasoning
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Colloquial