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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Simile
Conflict
Symbol
Subtext
2. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Aphorism
Syllogism
Situational Irony
Subtext
3. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Syntax
Inference
Apostrophe
Motif
4. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Extended Metaphor
Conceit
Oratory
5. Words that create mental pictures
Apostrophe
Imagery
Eulogy
Conflict
6. Change and growth of the character
Point of attack
Simile
Characterization
Satire
7. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Onomatopoeia
Controlling Metaphor
Zeugma
Verbal Irony
8. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Situational Irony
Point of attack
Symbol
Chiasmus
9. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Subtext
Logical Fallacy
A Priori Reasoning
Pedantic
10. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Rhetoric
Metaphor
Homily
Chiasmus
11. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
Flashback
Foreshadowing
12. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Euphemism
Characterization
Oratory
Analogy
13. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Epiphany
Tone
Assonance
Sarcasm
14. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Allusion
Antithesis
Analogy
Subtext
15. The use of slang in writing
Rhetorical Question
Repetition
Colloquial
Pathetic Fallacy
16. Word order or organization
Denouement
Antithesis
Syntax
Rhetoric
17. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Foreshadowing
Euphemism
Anticlimax
18. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Parallelism
Metaphor
A Priori Reasoning
Jargon
19. Sound words - imitative harmony
Synecdoche
Parable
Onomatopoeia
Symbol
20. Dictionary definition of a word
Dialect
Denotation
Satire
Chiasmus
21. The underlying message
Analogy
Theme
Chiasmus
Apostrophe
22. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Rhetorical Question
Homily
Theme
Tone
23. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Tone
Controlling Metaphor
Allegory
Rhetoric
24. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Figurative Language
Setting
Conflict
Denotation
25. Words which evoke sorrow
Pathos
Syntax
Metaphor
Enumeration
26. Time and place of a story
Consonance
Denotation
Didactic
Setting
27. Same ending sounds
A Priori Reasoning
Jargon
Parody
Consonance
28. A moment of great revelation
Inference
Denouement
Epiphany
Denotation
29. An overused expression
Cliche
Point of attack
Epiphany
Thesis
30. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Archetype
31. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Analogy
Inference
Theme
A Priori Reasoning
32. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Paradox
Cliche
Analogy
Anaphora
33. A formal - often pompous - speech
Diction
Oratory
Zeugma
Dialect
34. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Rhetorical Question
Characterization
Epitaph
Paradox
35. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Dramatic Irony
Non Sequitur
Hyperbole
Tone
36. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Dialect
Subtext
Metaphor
37. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Anticlimax
Rhetorical Question
Conceit
Conflict
38. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Rhetorical Question
Irony
Foil
Subtext
39. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Conceit
Ad Hominem
Subtext
Imagery
40. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Sarcasm
Assonance
Didactic
41. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Syntax
Consonance
Pathetic Fallacy
Verbal Irony
42. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Assonance
Repetition
Denotation
Bathos
43. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Didactic
Rhetorical Question
Epitaph
Analogy
44. A short witty statement
Aphorism
Deductive Reasoning
Cliche
Verbal Irony
45. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Euphemism
Extended Metaphor
Zeugma
46. When the story begins
Non Sequitur
Irony
Setting
Point of attack
47. Emotional definition of a word
Parallelism
Connotation
Repetition
Dialect
48. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Cliche
Conceit
Enumeration
Metonymy
49. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Syntax
Alliteration
Subtext
50. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Zeugma
Personification
Verbal Irony
Pedantic