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Rhetoric Vocab
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Dictionary definition of a word
Onomatopoeia
Dramatic Irony
Denotation
Anecdote
2. A play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning
Flashback
Rhetorical Question
Pun
Foil
3. Deliberately unclear - having multiple meanings
Exposition
Ambiguity
Aphorism
Juxtaposition
4. Reaching for the sublime - the tone results in the absurd
Parallelism
Denouement
Bathos
Chiasmus
5. The 'unravelling' or resolution of the story - falling action
Denouement
Inference
Climax
Parallelism
6. Character whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character
Syntax
Conceit
Foil
Euphemism
7. Inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics
Situational Irony
Motif
Controlling Metaphor
Personification
8. Using the same word or phrase for emphasis
Motif
Paradox
Repetition
Non Sequitur
9. Choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle (problem)
Inductive Reasoning
Conflict
Imagery
Motif
10. Words - phrases - ideas placed side by side for effect
Personification
Ad Hominem
Setting
Juxtaposition
11. A numbered list
Enumeration
Dramatic Irony
A Priori Reasoning
Alliteration
12. A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is reversed ('Susan walked - and in rushed Mary.')
Chiasmus
Parable
Synecdoche
Pedantic
13. Technical - specialized language
Foreshadowing
Jargon
Extended Metaphor
Bathos
14. A metaphor around which the entire story revolves
Controlling Metaphor
Zeugma
Subtext
Tone
15. A particularly clever extended metaphor
Allusion
Conceit
Exposition
Figurative Language
16. An overused expression
Cliche
Alliteration
Inductive Reasoning
Situational Irony
17. Literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile - metaphor - etc)
Figurative Language
Dramatic Irony
Alliteration
Aphorism
18. A story that operates on the symbolic level and teaches a lesson or moral
Chiasmus
Dialect
Juxtaposition
Parable
19. Where the audience knows more than the character
Dramatic Irony
Rhetorical Question
Oratory
Antithesis
20. The manipulation of words for a specific purpose
Irony
Cliche
Rhetoric
Diction
21. Making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words
Dialect
Point of attack
Enumeration
Euphemism
22. Type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting
Syntax
Pun
Sarcasm
Euphemism
23. The recreation of regional spoken language
Oratory
Sarcasm
Setting
Dialect
24. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Rhetorical Question
Motif
Connotation
25. A rhetorical strategy that attacks the person rather than the idea
Subtext
Ad Hominem
Synecdoche
Mood
26. A comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things
Aphorism
Diction
Imagery
Analogy
27. Word order or organization
Rhetorical Question
Syntax
Parody
Syllogism
28. A conclusion drawn from presented details
Allusion
Inference
Repetition
Bathos
29. Making a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Cliche
Sarcasm
Inductive Reasoning
Understatement
30. Change and growth of the character
Synecdoche
Characterization
Simile
Assonance
31. A form a logic that moves from the specific to the general
Verbal Irony
Diction
Foreshadowing
Inductive Reasoning
32. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach
Didactic
Bathos
Eulogy
Chiasmus
33. Time and place of a story
Setting
Exposition
Dramatic Irony
Jargon
34. A metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story
Point of attack
Euphemism
Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
35. Attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting - character - or idea
Alliteration
Tone
Syntax
Cliche
36. A detail - image - or character type that occurs frequently in myth and literature - thought to appeal to the unconscious
Characterization
Rhetoric
Archetype
Allusion
37. Direct contrast or opposite
Antithesis
Personification
Ambiguity
Subtext
38. Emotional definition of a word
Ambiguity
Eulogy
Connotation
Personification
39. A political comment through the use of humor
Satire
Denotation
Antithesis
Paradox
40. A mistake in reasoning
Metonymy
Logical Fallacy
Onomatopoeia
Archetype
41. Ashort account of an interesting or humorous incident - intended to illustrate or support some point
Onomatopoeia
Anecdote
A Priori Reasoning
Pun
42. An unexpected outcome
Irony
Dramatic Irony
Ambiguity
Zeugma
43. Meaning or emotion underneath the words
Zeugma
Irony
Subtext
Understatement
44. A sermon or moralistic lecture
Pedantic
Oxymoron
Homily
Aphorism
45. A comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous
Rhetoric
Cliche
Parody
Conceit
46. The underlying message
Figurative Language
Denouement
Subtext
Theme
47. A form of logic that moves from the general to the specific
Deductive Reasoning
Synecdoche
Syllogism
Sarcasm
48. A story that functions on the symbolic level
Connotation
Didactic
Personification
Allegory
49. Sentences - or parts of a sentence with similar structure
Tone
Paradox
Conflict
Parallelism
50. Word choice
Cliche
Diction
Syntax
Foil