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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer or the world at large
persona
compound-complex sentence
fantasy
image
2. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
voice
anglo-saxon diction
hyperbole
cacaphony
3. Two or more independent clauses
sarcasm
compound sentence
onomatopoeia
novel of manners
4. 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
euphemism
novel of manners
falling action
empathy
5. The interpretation or analysis of a text
annotation
bombast
assonance
explication
6. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile and metaphor
trope
rhythm
consonance
interrogative sentence
7. Sentence with interrogative pronouns
exegesis
abstract
interrogative sentence
subplot
8. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
paraphrase
simile
bathos
conceit
9. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
romance
mock epic
subtext
infinitive
10. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing
loose sentence
epithet
first person narrative
abstract language
11. The anglo-saxon language spoken in what is now england from approximately 450 to 1150 AD
extended metaphor
old english
flashback
middle english
12. A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line
alliteration
connotation
caesura
foot
13. The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person and number and of a pronoun with its antecedent in person - number - and gender
in medias res
agreement
rhyme
romance
14. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
image
rhyme
hubris
protagonist
15. A phrase - idea or event that through representation serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
annotation
deouement
implied metaphor
motif
16. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
dramatic irony
point of view
analogy
expose
17. The depiction of people - things and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect
setting
parable
aphorism
realism
18. French term for the world of books - criticism - and literature in general
classical - classicism
belle-lettres
lampoon
compound sentence
19. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
caricature
euphemism
conceit
classical - classicism
20. A french verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
antithesis
climax
villanelle
stanza
21. A subordinate or minor collection of events in an novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
classic
subplot
harangue
infinitive
22. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose
analogy
harangue
farce
burlesque
23. In contrast to literal language - implies meanings
enjambment
compound-complex sentence
figurative language
trope
24. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
ambiguity
roman a clef
euphony
pastoral
25. 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
bildungsroman
synecdoche
classical - classicism
scan
26. A device employed in anglo-saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities
kenning
paradox
loose sentence
classic
27. 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
alliteration
title character
verisimilitude
realism
28. The main idea isn't completed until the end of the sentence
bathos
periodic sentence
caricature
metaphor
29. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways especially when one meaning is risque
classic
collocation/Idiom
double entendre
vernacular
30. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
genre
bathos
pathos
dionysian
31. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
burlesque
compound sentence
symbolism
exposition
32. A form of verse usually consisting of three four line units called quatrains and a concluding couplet
sonnet
omniscient narrator
predicate nominative
villanelle
33. When the infinitive is interrupted with another word - typically an adverb or adverbial phrase
split infinitives
eponymous
light verse
denotation
34. 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
ottava rima
fantasy
compound sentence
metaphysical poetry
35. A synonym for poetry. also - a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
verse
paradox
euphemism
rhetoric
36. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
sentimental
mode
narrative
classical - classicism
37. deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient greek and roman culture; implies formality - objectivity - simplicity and restraint
bibliography
periodic sentence
classical - classicism
catharsis
38. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
kenning
ambiguity
montage
stream of consciousness
39. A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity
litotes
double entendre
pulp fiction
simple sentence
40. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first person pronouns such as I and we
onomatopoeia
sentimental
first person narrative
carpe diem
41. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
balanced sentence
indirect quotation
climax
dionysian
42. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
personification
hubris
idyll
pathetic fallacy
43. An indirect or subtle - usually derogatory implication in expression - an insinuation
verbal irony
connotation
innuendo
indirect quotation
44. in literature - the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem
eponymous
pathetic fallacy
deus ex machina
aphorism
45. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
apostrophe
persona
balanced sentence
montage
46. A mocking - satirical assault on a person or situation
epithet
lampoon
bildungsroman
antithesis
47. A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived
onomatopoeia
parable
flashback
antithesis
48. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
collocation/Idiom
deouement
tone
exposition
49. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
enjambment
muse
double entendre
verisimilitude
50. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
bombast
oxymoron
pseudonym
scan