Tripple Terms 1

Front 1

the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience.

Back 1

Tone

Front 2

informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing

Back 2

Colloquialism

Front 3

an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

Back 3

euphemism

Front 4

The literal meaning of a word

Back 4

denotation

Front 5

having to do with the word choices made by a writer

Back 5

diction

Front 6

the manner in which words are arranged by a writer into sentences

Back 6

syntax

Front 7

a type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite

Back 7

litotes

Front 8

a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical

Back 8

allusion

Front 9

the implied or associative meaning of a word

Back 9

connotation

Front 10

something which has as its primary purpose to teach or instruct

Back 10

didactic

Front 11

a major category or type of literature

Back 11

genre

Front 12

a word formed from the imitatiobn of natural sounds

Back 12

onomatopoeia

Front 13

intentional exaggeration to create an effect

Back 13

hyperbole

Front 14

the act of speaking directly to an absent or imaginary person, or to some abstraction

Back 14

apostrophe

Front 15

substitiutin the name of one object for another object closely associated with it

Back 15

metonymy

Front 16

a humorous imitation of a serious work

Back 16

parody

Front 17

an object which is something in itself yet is used to represent something else

Back 17

symbol

Front 18

a concise statement which expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance

Back 18

aphorism

Front 19

an apparently contradictory statement which actually contains some truth

Back 19

paradox

Front 20

an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack

Back 20

invective

Front 21

a comparison between two different things which are similar in some way

Back 21

analogy

Front 22

an expression in which two words that contradict each otehr are joined

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oxymoron

Front 23

endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics

Back 23

personification

Front 24

the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences

Back 24

anaphora