English vocab Mrs. Carroll Flash Cards

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Title: English vocab Mrs. Carroll
Description: English vocab
Number of Cards: 25
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Author: hzanko
Created: 2007-03-27
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    • ad hominim argument
    • from Latin meaning to or against the argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason, to feeling rather than intellect
    • allegory
    • device of using characters or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning; the allegorical meaning usually deals with moral truth or generalization about human existence
    • alliteration
    • repetition of sounds especially initial consonant sounds in 2 or more neighboring words; the repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, and supply a musical sound
    • allusion
    • a direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly known such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art
    • ambiguity
    • the multiple meanings either intentional or unintentional of a word, phrase, sentence, or paragraph
    • analogy
    • a similarity or comparison bw 2 different things or the relationship bw them; analogies make writing more vivid, imaginative, and intellectually engaging
    • antecedent
    • the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
    • antithesis
    • a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure, the resulting parallelism serves to emphasize opposition of ideas
    • aphorism
    • a terse statement of KNOWN authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principle
    • apostrophe
    • a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction such as liberty or love; the effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity
    • atmosphere
    • the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described; frequently, atmosphere foreshadows events
    • charicature
    • a representation pictorial or literary in which the subjects distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect; synonymous words include satire, travesty, lampoon, parody, and burlesque
    • colloqualism
    • slang or informality in seech or writing
    • conceit
    • a fanciful expression usually in the form of and extended metaphor or surprising analogy bw seemingly dissimilar objects
    • connotation
    • the non literal associative meaning of a word; the implied suggested meaning may involve ideas emotions or attitudes
    • denotation
    • the strict literal defintion of a word
    • diction
    • a writer's word chioces; a component of an author's style
    • didactic
    • instructive; they have primarily the aim of teaching or instructing especially on moral or ethical principles
    • euphemism
    • a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts; ued to adhere to standards of social or political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement
    • figure of speech
    • a device used to produce figurative language that may compare dissimilar things
    • genre
    • the major category into which a literary work fits; prose, poetry, drama
    • homily
    • a sermon; any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice
    • invective
    • an emotionally violent verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language
    • irony
    • contrast bw what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; verbal; situational; dramatic=audience knows what characters don't
    • juxtaposition
    • placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas close together or side by side especially for comparison or contrast