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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab

Subject : english
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1. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. it includes time - place - historical milieu and social - political and even spiritual circumstances






2. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response






3. A device employed in anglo-saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities






4. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots






5. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD






6. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses or sentences






7. One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.






8. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object






9. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer or the world at large






10. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt






11. 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






12. The action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion and often to the resolution of the conflict






13. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation






14. When the infinitive is interrupted with another word - typically an adverb or adverbial phrase






15. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics






16. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present






17. A synonym for poetry. also - a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry






18. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience






19. A form of verse usually consisting of three four line units called quatrains and a concluding couplet






20. A figurative comparison using the words like or as






21. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character






22. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses






23. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words






24. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem






25. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme or some other plan






26. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death






27. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings






28. Language that describes specific - observable things






29. The pattern of rhymes within a given poems






30. A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative






31. A form of verse or prose that tells a story






32. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature






33. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased






34. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem






35. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places






36. A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic






37. A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly as a sentence






38. An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form






39. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem. two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter is sometimes called a heroic couplet






40. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects






41. A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words






42. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them






43. A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses






44. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature






45. A false name or alias used by writers






46. A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity






47. The anglo-saxon language spoken in what is now england from approximately 450 to 1150 AD






48. A phrase - idea or event that through representation serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature






49. Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is






50. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem