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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 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.)
Juxtaposition
Dialect
Antithesis
Zeugma
2. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Pathos
Situational Irony
Archetype
Onomatopoeia
3. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dramatic Irony
Irony
Flashback
Mood
4. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Deductive Reasoning
Syllogism
Connotation
Verbal Irony
5. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Analogy
Sarcasm
Understatement
Figurative Language
6. A short witty statement
A Priori Reasoning
Subtext
Anaphora
Aphorism
7. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Conceit
Parable
Euphemism
Antithesis
8. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Ad Hominem
Foreshadowing
Symbol
Exposition
9. Direct contrast or opposite
Thesis
Symbol
Antithesis
Satire
10. A formal - often pompous - speech
Anaphora
Conflict
Consonance
Oratory
11. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Setting
Eulogy
Colloquial
Oxymoron
12. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Epigraph
Characterization
Allusion
Alliteration
13. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Epigraph
Understatement
Anecdote
Cliche
14. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Tone
Flashback
Logical Fallacy
Antithesis
15. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Dramatic Irony
Denouement
Controlling Metaphor
Repetition
16. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Inductive Reasoning
Oxymoron
Extended Metaphor
Parody
17. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Tone
Analogy
Personification
Dramatic Irony
18. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Bathos
Rhetoric
Antithesis
Didactic
19. A comparison using like or as
Oxymoron
Simile
Anaphora
Allegory
20. Word order or organization
Flashback
Syntax
Rhetoric
Jargon
21. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Metonymy
Oxymoron
A Priori Reasoning
Characterization
22. Technical - specialized language
Extended Metaphor
Imagery
Jargon
Foreshadowing
23. A mistake in reasoning
Archetype
Logical Fallacy
Pathetic Fallacy
Eulogy
24. Words which evoke sorrow
Metonymy
Colloquial
Pathos
Antithesis
25. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Rhetoric
Simile
Rhetorical Question
Metonymy
26. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Mood
Eulogy
Epitaph
27. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Parallelism
Thesis
Juxtaposition
Ad Hominem
28. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Diction
Parody
Didactic
29. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
A Priori Reasoning
Paradox
Foreshadowing
Syntax
30. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Paradox
Zeugma
Epigraph
31. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Juxtaposition
Antithesis
Anticlimax
Bathos
32. Emotional definition of a word
Denotation
Connotation
Inference
Setting
33. A numbered list
Inference
Syllogism
Exposition
Enumeration
34. A formal speech praising one who has died
Dramatic Irony
Archetype
Eulogy
Antithesis
35. Emotional response of the reader
Mood
Subtext
Ad Hominem
Irony
36. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Simile
Exposition
Allegory
Ad Hominem
37. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
Deductive Reasoning
Didactic
Oxymoron
Anaphora
38. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Bathos
Pedantic
Denouement
Conflict
39. Time and place of a story
Setting
Homily
Situational Irony
Parody
40. Word choice
Deductive Reasoning
Satire
Diction
Aphorism
41. An overused expression
Imagery
Cliche
Jargon
Controlling Metaphor
42. Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Inference
Bathos
Conflict
43. Same ending sounds
Consonance
Logical Fallacy
Enumeration
Figurative Language
44. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Parody
Symbol
Antithesis
Tone
45. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Eulogy
Connotation
Epitaph
Chiasmus
46. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Epitaph
Dialect
Motif
Non Sequitur
47. A moment of great revelation
Inductive Reasoning
Epiphany
Pedantic
Inference
48. The use of slang in writing
Subtext
Chiasmus
Satire
Colloquial
49. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Hyperbole
Pathetic Fallacy
Inference
Pedantic
50. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Juxtaposition
Satire
Zeugma
Assonance