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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
rhyme scheme
caricature
voice
wit
2. A german word referring to a novel structured as a series of events that take place as the hero travels in quest of a goal
empathy
bildungsroman
verbal irony
pulp fiction
3. An imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject
metonymy
pathetic fallacy
light verse
parody
4. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
rhyme
sarcasm
narrative
assonance
5. When the infinitive is interrupted with another word - typically an adverb or adverbial phrase
tone
split infinitives
expose
style
6. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
fantasy
simple sentence
litotes
tone
7. The pattern of rhymes within a given poems
sentimental
expose
diction
rhyme scheme
8. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem. two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter is sometimes called a heroic couplet
couplet
parody
foreshadowing
fantasy
9. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing
epithet
invective
etymology
satire
10. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
rhetoric
allegory
apostrophe
pun
11. An adjective that follows a linking verb
lampoon
trope
parable
predicate adjective
12. A verbal (often preceded by 'to') that functions as a noun adjective or adverb
quatrain
infinitive
tone
split infinitives
13. A sentence that follows the customary word order of english sentences - ie subject verb object. the main idea of the sentence is presented first and is then followed by one or more subordinate clauses
loose sentence
concrete language
explication
oxymoron
14. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
trope
exposition
agreement
paradox
15. The interpretation or analysis of a text
explication
melodrama
wit
extended metaphor
16. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
figurative language
pathos
hubris
protagonist
17. A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly as a sentence
implied metaphor
montage
prosody
adage
18. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects - without using like or as
metaphor
maxim
pulp fiction
bombast
19. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD
imperative sentence
middle english
infinitive
etymology
20. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
old english
colloquial
title character
euphony
21. The anglo-saxon language spoken in what is now england from approximately 450 to 1150 AD
old english
lampoon
free verse
carpe diem
22. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack or ridicule an idea - vice or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
parody
implied metaphor
symbolism
satire
23. A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
scan
rhyme
compound-complex sentence
personification
24. The work of poets - particularly those of the seventeenth century - that uses elaborate conceits - is highly intellectual - and expresses the complexities of love and life
end-stopped
metaphysical poetry
middle english
connotation
25. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
indirect quotation
paraphrase
hubris
epic
26. A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
diction
frame
ode
falling action
27. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
paraphrase
pun
subtext
lyric poetry
28. In contrast to literal language - implies meanings
rhythm
figurative language
periodic sentence
elliptical construction
29. Sentence with interrogative pronouns
interrogative sentence
idyll
middle english
plot
30. The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. the characteristic emotion that pervades a work or part of a work--the spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence
aphorism
tone
fable
innuendo
31. A device employed in anglo-saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities
split infinitives
kenning
paraphrase
picaresque novel
32. Literally 'seize the day'; enjoy life while you can - a common theme in literature
foreshadowing
pseudonym
prosody
carpe diem
33. The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person and number and of a pronoun with its antecedent in person - number - and gender
collocation/Idiom
agreement
sonnet
figurative language
34. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
sonnet
theme
trope
realism
35. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
euphemism
couplet
rhetoric
quatrain
36. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character
metonymy
dramatic irony
exegesis
abstract
37. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
conceit
end-stopped
euphony
aphorism
38. A familiar grouping of words - especially words that habitually appear together and thereby convey meaning by association
implied metaphor
collocation/Idiom
bibliography
harangue
39. A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic
frame
ballad
sonnet
naturalism
40. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
loose sentence
fable
empathy
oxymoron
41. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line. the pattern is called scansion. if a verse doesn't 'scan' its meter is irregular
gerund
synecdoche
pastoral
scan
42. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
ode
rhetoric
pulp fiction
cliche
43. A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated
metonymy
villanelle
title character
fable
44. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
deouement
anachronism
ottava rima
style
45. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
frame
ambiguity
extended metaphor
classic
46. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
loose sentence
in medias res
parable
burlesque
47. A french verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
interrogative sentence
climax
periodic sentence
villanelle
48. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature
mode
bombast
trope
middle english
49. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
personification
foreshadowing
naturalism
periodic sentence
50. One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.
balanced sentence
bombast
hubris
agreement
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