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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 conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Connotation
Chiasmus
A Priori Reasoning
Pathetic Fallacy
2. The underlying message
Anticlimax
Figurative Language
Theme
Setting
3. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Onomatopoeia
Denouement
Sarcasm
Non Sequitur
4. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
Parable
Colloquial
Extended Metaphor
5. A comparison using like or as
Homily
Simile
Anecdote
Epigraph
6. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Verbal Irony
Foil
Deductive Reasoning
Metaphor
7. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Ambiguity
Pun
Non Sequitur
Euphemism
8. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Chiasmus
Parody
Sarcasm
Irony
9. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Flashback
Epiphany
Inductive Reasoning
Dialect
10. Emotional definition of a word
Deductive Reasoning
Euphemism
Connotation
Synecdoche
11. A direct comparison
Sarcasm
Juxtaposition
Analogy
Metaphor
12. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Inference
Epigraph
Allegory
Alliteration
13. Word choice
Understatement
Diction
Syntax
Dialect
14. The answer to a question
Oratory
Enumeration
Sarcasm
Thesis
15. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Parable
Ambiguity
Syllogism
Deductive Reasoning
16. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Inductive Reasoning
Pathetic Fallacy
Parallelism
Jargon
17. A numbered list
Situational Irony
Logical Fallacy
Enumeration
Denotation
18. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Didactic
Hyperbole
Analogy
Anticlimax
19. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Non Sequitur
Metonymy
Mood
Anticlimax
20. The recreation of regional spoken language
Alliteration
Archetype
Point of attack
Dialect
21. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Synecdoche
Verbal Irony
Zeugma
Conflict
22. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Synecdoche
Repetition
Point of attack
23. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Controlling Metaphor
Allusion
Conflict
Symbol
24. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Aphorism
Rhetorical Question
Flashback
25. When the story begins
Understatement
Point of attack
Subtext
Euphemism
26. Same ending sounds
Motif
Point of attack
Consonance
Irony
27. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Enumeration
Anticlimax
Epiphany
Personification
28. Same beginning sound
Alliteration
Syllogism
Jargon
Personification
29. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Motif
Theme
Euphemism
Epigraph
30. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Flashback
Pedantic
Mood
Allegory
31. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Subtext
Rhetoric
Cliche
Allusion
32. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Syntax
Paradox
Mood
Extended Metaphor
33. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Didactic
Pathetic Fallacy
Anticlimax
Onomatopoeia
34. The use of slang in writing
Satire
Oxymoron
Connotation
Colloquial
35. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Figurative Language
Antithesis
Anticlimax
36. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Situational Irony
Paradox
Figurative Language
Apostrophe
37. Direct contrast or opposite
Juxtaposition
Antithesis
Homily
Foreshadowing
38. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Situational Irony
Deductive Reasoning
Conceit
Simile
39. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Denouement
Parable
Pathetic Fallacy
Parallelism
40. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Oxymoron
Situational Irony
Colloquial
Oratory
41. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Situational Irony
Irony
Denouement
Foil
42. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Setting
Exposition
Anticlimax
Controlling Metaphor
43. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Irony
Archetype
Personification
Allusion
44. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Antithesis
Situational Irony
Theme
Apostrophe
45. A short witty statement
Logical Fallacy
Foil
Dialect
Aphorism
46. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Extended Metaphor
Pedantic
Homily
Conflict
47. A formal - often pompous - speech
Chiasmus
Oratory
Thesis
Dialect
48. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Non Sequitur
Bathos
Theme
49. Sound words - imitative harmony
Onomatopoeia
Juxtaposition
Colloquial
Oxymoron
50. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Hyperbole
Didactic
Figurative Language
Pathetic Fallacy