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Rhetoric Vocab
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Simile
Pedantic
Pathetic Fallacy
Deductive Reasoning
2. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Deductive Reasoning
Pathos
Aphorism
3. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Parable
Zeugma
Sarcasm
Hyperbole
4. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Parody
Allegory
Setting
5. Same beginning sound
Non Sequitur
Alliteration
Parallelism
Euphemism
6. The underlying message
Theme
Metaphor
Cliche
Anticlimax
7. Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Tone
Verbal Irony
Simile
Theme
8. Technical - specialized language
Jargon
Conceit
Understatement
Metonymy
9. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Archetype
Dialect
Subtext
Foil
10. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Setting
Zeugma
Syllogism
Pathetic Fallacy
11. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Conceit
Pun
Pedantic
Syllogism
12. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Mood
Onomatopoeia
Synecdoche
Syllogism
13. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Satire
Rhetorical Question
Pathos
Motif
14. A mistake in reasoning
Sarcasm
Parable
Logical Fallacy
Juxtaposition
15. Words which evoke sorrow
Euphemism
Parallelism
Pathos
Pedantic
16. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Denouement
Parallelism
Figurative Language
Synecdoche
17. Direct contrast or opposite
Zeugma
Hyperbole
Inference
Antithesis
18. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Non Sequitur
Zeugma
Allusion
Ad Hominem
19. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Consonance
Jargon
Flashback
Symbol
20. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Controlling Metaphor
Inference
Motif
Syllogism
21. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Paradox
Aphorism
Understatement
Point of attack
22. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Parody
Tone
Climax
Archetype
23. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Inference
Archetype
Satire
A Priori Reasoning
24. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Climax
Dialect
Archetype
Pedantic
25. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Exposition
Figurative Language
Personification
Oxymoron
26. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Pun
Anecdote
Subtext
Situational Irony
27. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Deductive Reasoning
Metaphor
Satire
28. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Homily
Personification
Parallelism
Onomatopoeia
29. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Bathos
Didactic
Parody
Climax
30. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Jargon
Homily
Inference
Chiasmus
31. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Chiasmus
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
Foreshadowing
32. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Allegory
Exposition
Rhetorical Question
Repetition
33. 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.)
Zeugma
Aphorism
Synecdoche
Syntax
34. A short witty statement
Inductive Reasoning
Parable
Aphorism
Ad Hominem
35. A moment of great revelation
Epiphany
Characterization
Syntax
A Priori Reasoning
36. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Conceit
Parallelism
Assonance
Denouement
37. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Subtext
Denotation
Archetype
Epigraph
38. Emotional definition of a word
Understatement
Personification
Connotation
Satire
39. Direct contrast or opposite
Syllogism
Antithesis
Archetype
Anaphora
40. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Epigraph
Allusion
Simile
Irony
41. The answer to a question
Deductive Reasoning
Thesis
Metaphor
Characterization
42. A direct comparison
Metaphor
Exposition
Foil
Antithesis
43. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Tone
Allegory
Alliteration
Bathos
44. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Alliteration
Anticlimax
Flashback
A Priori Reasoning
45. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dramatic Irony
Anaphora
Allusion
Zeugma
46. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Conflict
Archetype
Controlling Metaphor
Denouement
47. Change and growth of the character
Dramatic Irony
Imagery
Epitaph
Characterization
48. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Metonymy
Tone
Juxtaposition
Conflict
49. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Hyperbole
Chiasmus
Ambiguity
50. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Imagery
Analogy
Inference
Verbal Irony