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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 numbered list
Antithesis
Connotation
Enumeration
Alliteration
2. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Synecdoche
Connotation
Foil
Rhetorical Question
3. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Imagery
Repetition
Homily
A Priori Reasoning
4. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Pun
Rhetorical Question
Parable
5. A formal speech praising one who has died
Eulogy
Conceit
Exposition
Pun
6. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Antithesis
A Priori Reasoning
Foreshadowing
Anecdote
7. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Anecdote
Juxtaposition
Epitaph
Deductive Reasoning
8. Point of understanding or awakening (not necessarily emotional)
Subtext
Climax
Epigraph
Pathos
9. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Diction
Aphorism
Euphemism
10. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Repetition
Extended Metaphor
Epigraph
Thesis
11. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dramatic Irony
Flashback
Zeugma
Allusion
12. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Parody
Extended Metaphor
Sarcasm
Repetition
13. Repetition of vowel sounds
Consonance
Pedantic
Ambiguity
Assonance
14. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Paradox
Anecdote
Pathetic Fallacy
Syllogism
15. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Tone
Parable
Ad Hominem
Pedantic
16. When the story begins
Metaphor
Ambiguity
Satire
Point of attack
17. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Mood
Inductive Reasoning
Pathetic Fallacy
Simile
18. The use of a quotation at the beginning of the work which often hints at a theme
Non Sequitur
Flashback
Parody
Epigraph
19. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Anecdote
Colloquial
Situational Irony
20. A part is used to represent the whole (crown=king)
Onomatopoeia
Rhetoric
Synecdoche
Situational Irony
21. A moment of great revelation
Allegory
Epiphany
Juxtaposition
Inference
22. Literary - historical - artistic reference
Climax
Allusion
Paradox
Pathos
23. Same beginning sound
A Priori Reasoning
Imagery
Chiasmus
Alliteration
24. A word that represents a larger idea or concept
Symbol
Epigraph
Extended Metaphor
Jargon
25. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Parallelism
Figurative Language
Tone
Climax
26. Technical - specialized language
Subtext
Connotation
Jargon
Mood
27. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Pathos
Personification
Didactic
Logical Fallacy
28. Emotional definition of a word
Antithesis
Motif
Syllogism
Connotation
29. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Rhetorical Question
Satire
Connotation
Diction
30. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Verbal Irony
Chiasmus
Epiphany
Syntax
31. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Jargon
Inference
Analogy
Metaphor
32. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Eulogy
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Anaphora
33. The recreation of regional spoken language
Situational Irony
Dialect
Imagery
Eulogy
34. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Conceit
Characterization
Thesis
Zeugma
35. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Parable
Pun
Metonymy
Foil
36. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Eulogy
Alliteration
Parody
Metaphor
37. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Satire
Didactic
Climax
Oxymoron
38. An inference that does not follow logically from the premise (literally - does not follow)
Mood
Non Sequitur
Rhetorical Question
Simile
39. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Metonymy
Sarcasm
Ad Hominem
Allusion
40. Time and place of a story
Colloquial
Setting
Anticlimax
Simile
41. The use of slang in writing
Colloquial
Logical Fallacy
Enumeration
Allegory
42. A mistake in reasoning
Foil
Simile
Logical Fallacy
Ad Hominem
43. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
A Priori Reasoning
Aphorism
Imagery
Denouement
44. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Pun
Archetype
Bathos
Conceit
45. An overused expression
Metonymy
Cliche
Juxtaposition
Eulogy
46. Sound words - imitative harmony
Antithesis
Onomatopoeia
Apostrophe
Denouement
47. 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.)
Assonance
Subtext
Zeugma
Tone
48. Word choice
Paradox
Diction
Allusion
Rhetoric
49. A formal - often pompous - speech
Repetition
Oratory
Aphorism
Pathetic Fallacy
50. A formal argument that consists of a major premise - a minor one - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Personification
Zeugma
Understatement