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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Pun
Theme
Didactic
Synecdoche
2. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Climax
Juxtaposition
Thesis
Subtext
3. Direct contrast or opposite
Foil
Non Sequitur
Antithesis
Parallelism
4. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Foil
Pathos
Inference
Synecdoche
5. Repetition of vowel sounds
Allusion
Assonance
Alliteration
Foil
6. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Diction
Setting
Rhetoric
Flashback
7. Same ending sounds
Oxymoron
Motif
Anecdote
Consonance
8. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Rhetorical Question
Hyperbole
Antithesis
9. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Colloquial
Eulogy
Deductive Reasoning
Consonance
10. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Ad Hominem
Analogy
Euphemism
Figurative Language
11. Word order or organization
Hyperbole
Rhetorical Question
Euphemism
Syntax
12. A direct comparison
Parody
A Priori Reasoning
Metaphor
Motif
13. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Theme
Bathos
Symbol
Hyperbole
14. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Apostrophe
Homily
Pun
Dramatic Irony
15. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Conceit
Pathetic Fallacy
Juxtaposition
Foreshadowing
16. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Exposition
Anticlimax
Enumeration
Cliche
17. Change and growth of the character
Characterization
Homily
Logical Fallacy
Flashback
18. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Anticlimax
Alliteration
Subtext
Pun
19. Word choice
Assonance
Characterization
Diction
Simile
20. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Pathetic Fallacy
Climax
Parable
Figurative Language
21. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Logical Fallacy
Deductive Reasoning
Aphorism
22. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Metonymy
Allegory
Diction
23. When the story begins
Tone
Point of attack
Juxtaposition
Antithesis
24. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Pedantic
Diction
Oxymoron
Pathos
25. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Cliche
Mood
Denouement
Characterization
26. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Epigraph
Anticlimax
Flashback
27. A comparison using like or as
Anecdote
Irony
Simile
Inductive Reasoning
28. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Alliteration
Inference
Motif
Chiasmus
29. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Chiasmus
Pathos
Syllogism
Parable
30. Emotional definition of a word
Connotation
Personification
Dramatic Irony
Paradox
31. An overused expression
Consonance
Cliche
Mood
Pathetic Fallacy
32. Where the audience knows more than the character
Oratory
Pathetic Fallacy
Dramatic Irony
Pathos
33. Direct contrast or opposite
Anticlimax
Ambiguity
Analogy
Antithesis
34. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Oratory
Pathetic Fallacy
Antithesis
Jargon
35. Emotional response of the reader
Denouement
Bathos
Mood
Controlling Metaphor
36. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Archetype
Theme
Understatement
Situational Irony
37. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Eulogy
Rhetorical Question
Anecdote
Parody
38. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Metonymy
Pathetic Fallacy
Personification
A Priori Reasoning
39. The answer to a question
Bathos
Thesis
Hyperbole
Zeugma
40. A short witty statement
Extended Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Archetype
Aphorism
41. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Paradox
Consonance
Juxtaposition
Metonymy
42. Technical - specialized language
Ad Hominem
Eulogy
Jargon
Connotation
43. A political comment through the use of humor
Subtext
Chiasmus
Simile
Satire
44. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Aphorism
Inductive Reasoning
Zeugma
Sarcasm
45. The recreation of regional spoken language
Exposition
Alliteration
Diction
Dialect
46. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Assonance
Cliche
Allusion
Chiasmus
47. Dictionary definition of a word
Non Sequitur
Eulogy
Point of attack
Denotation
48. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Pun
Metaphor
Allegory
Parable
49. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Euphemism
Parable
Onomatopoeia
50. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Antithesis
Dialect
Consonance