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69 Cards in this Set
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Connotation |
The nonliteral associative meaning of a word; the implied suggested meaning |
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Denotation |
The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoidof any emotion, attitude, or color |
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Extended Metaphor |
A metaphor developed at a great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work |
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Figurative Language |
Writing or speech at a great length occurring frequently in or throughout a work |
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Figure of speech |
A device used to produce figurative Language |
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Generic Convention |
This term describes traditions for each genre |
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Genre |
The major category into which a literary work fits |
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Hyperbole |
A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement |
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Imagery |
The sensory details or figurative Language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions |
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Inference/infer |
To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented |
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Invective |
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language |
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Mood |
Verbal units and the speakers attitude |
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Periodic Sentence |
A sentence that presents it's central meaning in a main clause at the end |
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Point of View |
In literature, the perspective from which a story is told |
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Rhetorical Modes |
The term describes the variety the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing |
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Satire |
A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and convention's for reform or ridicule |
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Subordinate Clause |
Clause cannot stand alone; it doesn't express a complete thought |
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Syntax |
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences |
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Symbol/Symbolism |
Anything that represents itself and stands for something else |
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Theme |
The central idea or essage of a work, the insight it offers into life |
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Tone |
Th authors attitude toward his material, the audience or both |
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Transition |
A word or phrase that links different ideas |
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Understatement |
The ironic minizing of fact presents something as less significant than it is |
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Undertone |
An attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece |
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Wit |
An intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights |
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Didactic |
Greek meaning "teaching" |
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Colloquial/Colloquiallism |
The use of slang of informalities in speech writing |
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Clause |
A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb |
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Aphorism |
A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle |
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Anecdote |
A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event |
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Antecedent |
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun |
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Allegory |
The device of using characters and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning |
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Allusion |
A direct or indirect reference to something which s presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art |
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Ambiguity |
The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage |
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Ambiguity |
The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage |
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Analogy |
A similar of comparison between two different things or the relationship between them |
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Anaphora |
One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) are repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentence |
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Apostrophe |
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love |
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Atmosphere |
The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly bt tge author's choice of objects that are described |
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Coherence |
A principle demanding that the partsbof any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible |
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Conceit |
A faciful expression, usually in tge form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy betwen seemingly dissimilar objects |
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Diction |
Related to style, diction refers to the writers word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness |
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Euphemism |
From the Greek for "good speech" euphamasisms are a more agreeable or less offensive subsitute for a genereally unpleasant word or concept |
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Didactic |
"Teaching". The primarily aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles |
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Exposition |
In essays, one of the for cheif types of composition, the otgers being arguementation, description, and narration |
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Alliteration |
The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words |
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Homily |
This term literally means,"sermon" but more informally, it can include any setious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice |
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Loose Sentence |
A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity |
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Metonymy |
A term from the Greek "changed label" or "subsitute name" metonymy is a figure of speech in which the name of the one subject is subsituted for that of another closely associated with it |
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Narrative |
The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events |
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Onomontopoeia |
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words |
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Oxymoron |
A figure of speech where in the author groups apparently contracting terms to suggest a paradox |
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Paradox |
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but open closely inspection contains some degree of truthor validity |
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Parallelism |
Grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structual similarity |
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Parody |
A woek that closely immitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effectvand/or ridicule |
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Pedantic |
An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general types that is overly scholarly academic or bookish |
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Personification |
A figure of speech in which the author present or describes concepts, animals or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions |
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Predicate Adjective |
One type of subject complement an adjective group of adjectives or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. |
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Predicate Nominative |
A second type of subject compliment, a noun, group of nouns or noun claise that renams th subject |
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Prose |
One of the major divisions of genere, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all it's forms, the printer determine the length of the line, in poetry, the poet determines the lengty of the line |
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Repetition |
The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound word, phrase, clause sentence or grammatical pattern |
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Rhetoric |
Form the Greek for "orator" this term describes the principles govering the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively |
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Sarcasm |
From the Greek meaning "tear to flesh" sarcasm involve, bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something |
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Semantics |
The branch of linguistics that studies thr meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another |
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Style |
An evaluation of the sum of the of choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language and other literary devices Classifiction of author's to a group and comparison of an author to similar author |
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Subject Complement |
The word or clause that folows a linking verb and completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it describing it |
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Syllogism |
A deductive system of formal logic the presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion |
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Thesis |
In expository writing, the thesis statement is the sentences of group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position |
