Reading...
Play button
Play button
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;
24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience.
|
Tone
|
|
|
informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing
|
Colloquialism
|
|
|
an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
|
euphemism
|
|
|
The literal meaning of a word
|
denotation
|
|
|
having to do with the word choices made by a writer
|
diction
|
|
|
the manner in which words are arranged by a writer into sentences
|
syntax
|
|
|
a type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite
|
litotes
|
|
|
a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical
|
allusion
|
|
|
the implied or associative meaning of a word
|
connotation
|
|
|
something which has as its primary purpose to teach or instruct
|
didactic
|
|
|
a major category or type of literature
|
genre
|
|
|
a word formed from the imitatiobn of natural sounds
|
onomatopoeia
|
|
|
intentional exaggeration to create an effect
|
hyperbole
|
|
|
the act of speaking directly to an absent or imaginary person, or to some abstraction
|
apostrophe
|
|
|
substitiutin the name of one object for another object closely associated with it
|
metonymy
|
|
|
a humorous imitation of a serious work
|
parody
|
|
|
an object which is something in itself yet is used to represent something else
|
symbol
|
|
|
a concise statement which expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance
|
aphorism
|
|
|
an apparently contradictory statement which actually contains some truth
|
paradox
|
|
|
an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack
|
invective
|
|
|
a comparison between two different things which are similar in some way
|
analogy
|
|
|
an expression in which two words that contradict each otehr are joined
|
oxymoron
|
|
|
endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics
|
personification
|
|
|
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
|
anaphora
|
