Rhetoric Vocab 1

Question 1

Abstract

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refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images

Question 2

Example of abstract

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Truth, liberty, freedom

Question 3

Ad Hominem

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in an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than the opponents ideas. It comes from the latin meaning “against the man.” example of a logical fallacy.

Question 4

Example of Ad Hominem

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It’s hard to take your claims seriously because you spend all of your time watching TV.

Question 5

Allegory

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a work that functions on a symbolic level

Question 6

Example of an allegory

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Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory for a corrupt government. The farm animals rise up against the farmer and fight for freedom and equality and eventually fall under a kind of dictatorship.

Question 7

Alliteration

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

Question 8

Example of alliteration

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Peter Picked a peck of pickled peppers

Question 9

Allusion

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A reference contained in a work

Question 10

Example of Allusion

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Like eve in the garden of eden george was not good at resisting temptation.
Chocolate cake was her achilles heel.

Question 11

Altruism/Altruistic

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The unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others

Question 12

Example of Altruism

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Volunteering at an animal shelter or giving something to help others. Les miserables -main character helps the less fortunate to make up for his past wrongs

Question 13

Ambiguity

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The multiple meanings either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage

Question 14

Example of Ambiguity

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call me a taxi - be called taxi or asking for someone to call them a taxi

Question 15

Analogy

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a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation also applies to the original circumstance. In other words it is the comparison between two different items.

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Example of Analogy

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Finding that book will be like finding a needle in a haystack

Question 17

Anecdote

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a story or brief episode told by the writer to illustrate a point.

Question 18

Example of anecdote

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“When I went to buy my morning coffee, I ran into an old friend. He told me he won the lottery and he was going to buy a yacht. A few months later I found out he declared bankruptcy. “

Question 19

Antithesis

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The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs.

Question 20

Example of antithesis

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ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country

Question 21

Aphorism

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a terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principal

Question 22

Example of Aphorism

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Actions speak louder than words.
all work no play makes jack a dull boy.
The early bird gets the worm

Question 23

Archetype

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The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based: a model or first form

Question 24

Example of archetype

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evil stepmother is an archetype presented across different cultures. She is found in fairy tales such as cinderella.

Question 25

Argument

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Any text that expresses a point of view

Question 26

Example of argument

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The article to the mother of the gunshot victim I couldn’t save argued that gun violence is cruel and we should come together to stop it.

Question 27

Cacophony

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harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage in a literary work

Question 28

Example of Cacophony

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Lewis Carroll uses Cacophony through the looking glass in a poem called Jabberwocky.
“Beware the Jabberwocky my son!
The jaws that bite,
The claws that catch!
beware the jubjub bird,
and shun the frumious bandersnatch.”

or
Klarissa Klein drives an old, grumbling Cadillac which has a crumpled bumper and screaming, honking horn.

Question 29

Caricature

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a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a persons distinctive physical features or other characteristics.

Question 30

Example of Caricature

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The character hook in the movie hook is over exaggerated in his evil conniving ways to create a great dislike for him in a more humorous less scary manner to appeal to a younger audience and maintain lightheartedness.

Question 31

colloquial

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The use of slang in writing, often to create local color + provide informational tone.

Question 32

Example of colloquial

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The color purple uses colloquial style to convey realism and the setting of the deep south.

Question 33

Comic relief

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The inclusion of a humorous character or scene to contrast with the tragic elements of a work. Thereby intensifying the next tragic event.

Question 34

Example of comic relief

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Juno from the movie juno brings comedy and jokes to serious situations. Jack from white noise has funny scenes as well as deadpan lines. to lighten the mood.

Question 35

Conflict

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A clash between opposing forces in a literary work, man v. man, man v. nature, man v. god, man v. self.

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Example of conflict

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In lord of the flies there is a conflict of man v. man. There are two groups on the island one led by Jack and one led by Ralph. Jack and his tribe give into savage instinct and try to hunt or kill the civilized boys led by ralph.

Question 37

Connective tissue

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Those elements that help create coherence in a written piece

Question 38

example of connective tissue

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The flower grew. A leaf sprouted.
As the flower blossomed and lengthened a small green leaf unfurled.

Question 39

Connotation

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The interpretive level of a work based on its associated images rather than it’s literal meanings.

Question 40

examples of connotations

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childlike- positive
childish- negative
cocky- negative
confident- positive

Question 41

deduction

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The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example

Question 42

Example of deduction

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all men are mortal. socrates is a man. Therefore socrates is mortal

Question 43

Anaphora

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the deliberate repetition of the 1st part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic, rhythmic cadence. Apart from the function of giving prominence to ideas, the use adds rhythm to literature making it more pleasurable to read and easier to remember.

Question 44

Example of anaphora

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We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.

-Winston Churchill