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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. A direct comparison
Assonance
Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
A Priori Reasoning
2. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Anticlimax
Ad Hominem
Chiasmus
Parallelism
3. Emotional response of the reader
Parody
Deductive Reasoning
Tone
Mood
4. The recreation of regional spoken language
Metonymy
Extended Metaphor
Dialect
Didactic
5. A short witty statement
Logical Fallacy
Aphorism
Homily
Alliteration
6. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Verbal Irony
Imagery
Epitaph
Foil
7. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Hyperbole
Deductive Reasoning
Ad Hominem
Controlling Metaphor
8. Change and growth of the character
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Figurative Language
Characterization
9. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Extended Metaphor
Inference
Flashback
Non Sequitur
10. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Anecdote
Jargon
Parable
Parody
11. Word choice
Ad Hominem
Verbal Irony
Personification
Diction
12. Word order or organization
Parable
Climax
Onomatopoeia
Syntax
13. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Antithesis
Mood
Pathetic Fallacy
Situational Irony
14. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Verbal Irony
Juxtaposition
Eulogy
Anecdote
15. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Inductive Reasoning
Allusion
Logical Fallacy
Pedantic
16. An inscription on a tombstone
Climax
Dialect
Epitaph
Archetype
17. A numbered list
Flashback
Theme
Enumeration
Jargon
18. When the story begins
Point of attack
Parallelism
Metaphor
Anaphora
19. Contrasting words placed together for effect
A Priori Reasoning
Oxymoron
Syntax
Symbol
20. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Onomatopoeia
A Priori Reasoning
Thesis
Metaphor
21. Words which evoke sorrow
Extended Metaphor
Pathos
Diction
Denouement
22. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Anaphora
Flashback
Bathos
Ambiguity
23. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Sarcasm
Paradox
Motif
Denotation
24. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Foreshadowing
Parable
Motif
25. A comparison using like or as
Zeugma
Figurative Language
Simile
Ambiguity
26. Emotional definition of a word
Verbal Irony
Aphorism
Connotation
Antithesis
27. 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.)
Dramatic Irony
Euphemism
Zeugma
Archetype
28. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Subtext
Anaphora
Onomatopoeia
Figurative Language
29. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Symbol
Parallelism
Hyperbole
Parable
30. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Imagery
Inductive Reasoning
Tone
Subtext
31. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Pedantic
Thesis
Parable
Flashback
32. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Diction
Motif
Apostrophe
A Priori Reasoning
33. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Exposition
Eulogy
Inference
Colloquial
34. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Synecdoche
Tone
Ambiguity
Rhetorical Question
35. Time and place of a story
Setting
Point of attack
Irony
Characterization
36. The use of slang in writing
Flashback
Colloquial
Didactic
Allusion
37. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Juxtaposition
Pun
Denouement
Didactic
38. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Climax
Motif
Controlling Metaphor
Rhetorical Question
39. Events that take place before the story begins
Anticlimax
Hyperbole
Exposition
Extended Metaphor
40. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Archetype
Jargon
Figurative Language
Thesis
41. Direct contrast or opposite
Conceit
Epitaph
Homily
Antithesis
42. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Conflict
Subtext
Exposition
Anaphora
43. Sound words - imitative harmony
Cliche
Characterization
Onomatopoeia
Setting
44. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Analogy
Characterization
Epitaph
Zeugma
45. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Archetype
Apostrophe
Connotation
Alliteration
46. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Setting
Bathos
Antithesis
47. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Foreshadowing
Deductive Reasoning
Personification
Sarcasm
48. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Oxymoron
Eulogy
Tone
49. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Pedantic
Situational Irony
Subtext
Dialect
50. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Irony
Euphemism
Subtext
Controlling Metaphor