Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
60 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Allegory
|
a story with two or more levels of meaning-one literal and the others symbolic
|
|
Alliteration
|
the repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words
|
|
Allusion
|
A brief reference to literature, geographical locations, historical events, legends, traditions and elements of popular culture
|
|
Analogy
|
A comparison of two things, which are alike in several aspects, for clarification and explanation; sometimes analogies establish a pattern of reasoning by using a less abstract and more familiar argument
|
|
Anaphora
|
the repetition of words at the beginning of a series of clauses for emphasis
|
|
Anecdote
|
a short story, typically used to emphasize or illustrate an important point
|
|
Antecedent
|
the noun to which a pronoun refers
|
|
Antithesis
|
The placement of two opposing ideas within the same sentence in order to form a balanced contrast
|
|
Aphorism
|
a brief statement of trust or moral principle
|
|
Apostrophe
|
a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or thing or a personified abstraction, such as love or liberty; the effect may add familiarity or emotional intesity
|
|
Appositive
|
a noun-in the form of a word or phrase-which describes a noun
|
|
Archaism
|
the use of an old or out-of-date word or phrase
|
|
Assonance
|
the repetition of an internal vowel sound
|
|
Asyndeton
|
the purposeful exclusion of conjunctions in a series of phrases or clauses
|
|
Audience
|
The person or group to whom a writer directs his/her message
|
|
authorial aside
|
a direct statement by the author to the audience in order to directly convey the author's true opinion, purpose, or meaning
|
|
balanced sentence
|
a sentence which has phrases of equal (or similar) length and weight separated by a semicolon
|
|
cacophony
|
a collection of words or phrases intended to create a sense of discord for the reader
|
|
cliche
|
a worn-out word or phrase
|
|
colloquial language
|
(also colloquialism) the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing
|
|
complex sentence
|
a sentence with one independent clause and one dependent clause
|
|
compound sentence
|
two independent clauses joined by a semicolon or a coordinating conjunction
|
|
connotation
|
the implied or suggested meaning of a word; association
|
|
denotation
|
the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word
|
|
diction
|
word choice; diction must be "named." an author's choice of diction contributes to the tone and mood of the piece
|
|
effect
|
the impact created through a writer's language
|
|
ethos
|
the traits and character or a writer; the credibility of a writer
|
|
euphenism
|
a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for an unpleasant word or concept
|
|
genre
|
the type or category of a particular kind of literature
|
|
hyperbole
|
exaggeration for emphasis or humor
|
|
Ambiguity
|
the uncertainty or doubtfulness of the meaning of a statement or word
|
|
Imagery
|
the use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, thoughts or any sensory experience
|
|
Irony
|
the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. Three types: verbal, situational, dramatic
|
|
Juxtaposition
|
the placement of two distinct ideas or statements side by side for some effect
|
|
Logos
|
an appeal to logic
|
|
Loose Sentence
|
A sentence which connects two or more phrases or clauses by a series of conjunctions
|
|
metaphor
|
one thing is spoken of as though it were something else; through this identification of dissimilar things, a comparison is suggested or implied
|
|
objective
|
a neutral or unbiased point of view
|
|
oxymoron
|
a combination of contradictory words and meanings
|
|
onomatopoeia
|
words imitate the natural sounds they name
|
|
paradox
|
a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer examination contains some degree of truth or validity
|
|
parallelism
|
the placement of two or more words, phrases or clauses in a balanced series
|
|
parody
|
a work (literature, music, film) that closely imitates the style or content of another work with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
|
|
periodic sentence
|
a type of sentence in which the most important information is found at the end
|
|
personification
|
presenting or describing concepts, animals or inanimate objects by giving them human qualities
|
|
point of view
|
the perspective from which a story is told (or an essay is written): first person voice (I, we) or third person voice (he, she, it ,they). Also, the author's position about the subject.
|
|
purpose
|
the reason a text is written
|
|
repetition
|
words, phrases, actions, and ideas that appear over and over again; usually, ______ in good literature highlights a pattern or makes a point.
|
|
rhetoric
|
the art of writing and speaking effectively and persuasively
|
|
satire
|
a work (literature, music, film) that uses irony, wit, parody, caricature, hyperbole, understatement and sarcasm to target human vices and follies or social institutions and convents for reform or ridicule
|
|
shift/rhetorical shift
|
a change in verb tense, location, speaker, narrative method, setting or tone
|
|
simile
|
a comparison between two things which are not alike, but which share at least one common element; similes explain an unfamiliar thing by comparing it to something familiar, _____ use like or as to make the comparison
|
|
subjective
|
influenced by one's own thoughts and feelings; contains bias
|
|
subordinate clause
|
a clause which cannot stand alone in a sentence; begins with a subordinating conjunction
|
|
syntax
|
sentence construction.
|
|
thesis
|
the sentence or group of sentences that directly express a writer's opinion, purpose, idea or meaning
|
|
tone
|
the author's attitude toward his or her subject and toward the audience; the way the author's personality is reflected in the work
|
|
understatement/litotes
|
the minimalization of fact or presentation of something as less significant than it is; the opposite of hyperbole
|
|
metonymy
|
a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another object closely associated with it
|
|
pathos
|
an appeal to emotion
|