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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. When the reader expects a climax to occur and it doesn't happen
Anticlimax
Antithesis
Anaphora
Extended Metaphor
2. Emotional definition of a word
Aphorism
Connotation
Antithesis
Motif
3. Unexpected outcome in the plot
Eulogy
Simile
Ad Hominem
Situational Irony
4. 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.)
Sarcasm
Metonymy
Pun
Zeugma
5. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Syntax
Pun
Jargon
Dialect
6. An overused expression
Rhetorical Question
Cliche
Homily
Juxtaposition
7. Sound words - imitative harmony
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Dialect
Diction
8. Dictionary definition of a word
Metaphor
Anticlimax
Denotation
Connotation
9. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Logical Fallacy
Antithesis
Deductive Reasoning
Consonance
10. A short witty statement
Satire
A Priori Reasoning
Non Sequitur
Aphorism
11. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Alliteration
Personification
Juxtaposition
Analogy
12. Word choice
Inductive Reasoning
Diction
Synecdoche
Theme
13. A form of personification - only it is not a character in the story
Cliche
Mood
Eulogy
Pathetic Fallacy
14. Form of personification - speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there
Epitaph
Inference
Apostrophe
Diction
15. Technical - specialized language
Rhetoric
Jargon
Epigraph
Metonymy
16. Describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
Denotation
Aphorism
Metonymy
Zeugma
17. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Symbol
Bathos
Deductive Reasoning
18. Contrasting words placed together for effect
Characterization
Anecdote
Oxymoron
Pedantic
19. The recreation of regional spoken language
Situational Irony
Dialect
Cliche
Verbal Irony
20. A comparison using like or as
Simile
Syllogism
Homily
Jargon
21. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Allegory
Oratory
Pathos
Inference
22. Clues that tip the reader off as to What is to come later in the work
Conceit
Inference
Syntax
Foreshadowing
23. Same ending sounds
Alliteration
Consonance
Deductive Reasoning
Connotation
24. Words which evoke sorrow
Verbal Irony
Denotation
Metonymy
Pathos
25. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Homily
Analogy
Epitaph
Irony
26. Direct contrast or opposite
Metonymy
Irony
Antithesis
Colloquial
27. When the story begins
Allusion
Point of attack
Aphorism
Denouement
28. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Understatement
Homily
Epitaph
Situational Irony
29. Repetition of vowel sounds
Irony
Point of attack
Figurative Language
Assonance
30. A conclusion that can be arrived at without any observations of the world - but relies only on logical connections between ideas
Colloquial
A Priori Reasoning
Metaphor
Ambiguity
31. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Conflict
Onomatopoeia
Ambiguity
Non Sequitur
32. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Eulogy
Conflict
Repetition
Point of attack
33. Change and growth of the character
Anecdote
Characterization
Exposition
Subtext
34. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Apostrophe
Pun
Inference
Euphemism
35. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Dramatic Irony
Tone
Analogy
Point of attack
36. A formal speech praising one who has died
Inference
Eulogy
Metaphor
Synecdoche
37. Scholarly - academic writing that is difficult to understand
Pedantic
Syllogism
Foreshadowing
Imagery
38. A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts - events - episodes
Flashback
Antithesis
Figurative Language
Analogy
39. A mistake in reasoning
Aphorism
Logical Fallacy
Flashback
Zeugma
40. Words that create mental pictures
Ambiguity
Pedantic
Imagery
Antithesis
41. Pattern; repeated image - symbol - idea
Oxymoron
Epiphany
Understatement
Motif
42. Where the audience knows more than the character
Extended Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
Diction
Pathetic Fallacy
43. Emotional response of the reader
Hyperbole
Mood
Inference
Dialect
44. A question that does not expect an explicit answer
Alliteration
Bathos
Rhetorical Question
Juxtaposition
45. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Subtext
Cliche
Logical Fallacy
Sarcasm
46. Events that take place before the story begins
Mood
Exposition
Bathos
Conceit
47. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Anecdote
Ambiguity
Rhetorical Question
Subtext
48. Statement that contradicts itself - "the more you learn the less you know"
Synecdoche
Allusion
Understatement
Paradox
49. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Ad Hominem
Metonymy
Apostrophe
Cliche
50. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Climax
Pedantic
Oxymoron
Inductive Reasoning