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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
extended metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
antithesis
2. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
collocation/Idiom
metonymy
allusion
assonance
3. A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows
caricature
free verse
loose sentence
romance
4. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation
climax
infinitive
adage
end-stopped
5. A phrase - idea or event that through representation serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
consonance
motif
exegesis
stanza
6. The dictionary definition of a word. contrast with connotation
melodrama
denotation
foreshadowing
realism
7. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
indirect quotation
oxymoron
foot
enjambment
8. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
caricature
old english
idyll
subtext
9. A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words
idyll
verisimilitude
elliptical construction
loose sentence
10. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
exposition
diction
persona
caricature
11. The main character in a work of literature
novel of manners
protagonist
old english
periodic sentence
12. A form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that causes the hero considerable anguish
mock epic
conceit
exegesis
tragedy
13. A device employed in anglo-saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities
foreshadowing
kenning
balanced sentence
caesura
14. The main idea isn't completed until the end of the sentence
voice
meter
periodic sentence
picaresque novel
15. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm or fixed metrical feet
implied metaphor
end-stopped
ottava rima
free verse
16. One independent clause and no dependent clause
archetype
gothic novel
simple sentence
tone
17. An imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject
vernacular
parody
stanza
pulp fiction
18. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses or sentences
antithesis
pathetic fallacy
pastoral
interrogative sentence
19. A brief explanation - summary - or evaluation of a text or work of literature
caricature
double entendre
annotation
dramatic irony
20. Two or more independent clauses
image
expose
compound sentence
sentimental
21. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
simile
epigram
sentimental
periodic sentence
22. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
invective
metaphor
concrete language
moral
23. A term for the title character of a work of literature
eponymous
simple sentence
aphorism
extended metaphor
24. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often marked by punctuation
first person narrative
cliche
parable
caesura
25. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words - shapes ideas - forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas
couplet
style
stream of consciousness
euphemism
26. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
abstract
ellipsis
couplet
deouement
27. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
allusion
climax
maxim
pseudonym
28. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
bombast
quatrain
canon
analogy
29. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
motif
point of view
double entendre
meter
30. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
melodrama
frame
gerund
first person narrative
31. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
interrogative sentence
sentimental
style
abstract language
32. The anglo-saxon language spoken in what is now england from approximately 450 to 1150 AD
old english
onomatopoeia
adage
compound-complex sentence
33. A humorous play on words - using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
apostrophe
fantasy
paraphrase
pun
34. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
narrative
subtext
tone
classical - classicism
35. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
loose sentence
anglo-saxon diction
narrative
gothic novel
36. When the infinitive is interrupted with another word - typically an adverb or adverbial phrase
fable
sentiment
split infinitives
synecdoche
37. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
conceit
analogy
narrative
balanced sentence
38. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
simple sentence
etymology
foreshadowing
parable
39. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
rhythm
frame
parody
euphony
40. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject
invective
first person narrative
ode
middle english
41. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
apollonian
metaphor
implied metaphor
gerund
42. A false name or alias used by writers
bildungsroman
pseudonym
anglo-saxon diction
rhythm
43. The emotional tone in a work of literature
classical - classicism
mood
euphony
mode
44. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
periodic sentence
rhetoric
sentimental
rhythm
45. A verbal ending in 'ing'_ that functions in a sentence as a noun.
metonymy
fantasy
gerund
deouement
46. A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic
ballad
oxymoron
stream of consciousness
naturalism
47. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
abstract
plot
deouement
vernacular
48. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
explication
connotation
personification
genre
49. A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse - but sometimes with a satirical thrust
infinitive
euphony
light verse
scan
50. A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity
litotes
verbal irony
gerund
stream of consciousness