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;
10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Aphorism |
A consice, pointed, epigrammatic statement that purports to reveal a truth or principle. Can be attributed to a specific person. |
|
|
Characterization |
The various means by whtich an authour describes and developes the characters in a literary work. |
|
|
Didactic |
Instructive of providing information for a particular purpose. Ex: a moral, political, religious, ethical lesson... |
|
|
Euphemism |
The term euphemism refers to polite, indirect expressions which replace works and phrases considered harsh and impolite or suggest something unpleasant. |
|
|
Hyperbole |
A trope employing deliberate, emphatic exaggeration, usually for comic of ironic effect. |
|
|
Malapropism |
The misuse of a word when a word similar in sound but different in meaning is used in place of the correct word, often to a ludicrous effect. |
|
|
Parallelism |
A rhetorical figure used in written and oral compositions since ancient times to accentuate or emphasize ideas or images by using grammatically similar constructions. |
|
|
Protagonist |
The main character in a work; usually also the hero or heroine, but sometimes an antihero. |
|
|
Theme |
The statements, express or implied, that a text seems to be making abouts its subject. |
|
|
Zeugma |
Broadly defined, a rhetorical figure, from the Greek for "yoking," in which on word or phrase governs or modifies two or more works or phrases. |
