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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. A poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
elegy
paraphrase
mode
caricature
2. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. it includes time - place - historical milieu and social - political and even spiritual circumstances
setting
sentimental
lampoon
protagonist
3. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
analogy
realism
predicate nominative
idyll
4. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits
allusion
vernacular
picaresque novel
stream of consciousness
5. A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity
romance
frame
litotes
hyperbole
6. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
melodrama
exegesis
symbolism
verse
7. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
pun
canon
title character
image
8. A forceful sermon - lecture or tirade
meter
symbolism
harangue
abstract
9. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose
periodic sentence
verbal irony
farce
couplet
10. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
bombast
assonance
paraphrase
dramatic irony
11. In contrast to literal language - implies meanings
falling action
figurative language
periodic sentence
exposition
12. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
rhyme
euphemism
fantasy
metaphysical poetry
13. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
title character
compound sentence
muse
exposition
14. A character or force in a work of literature that - by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict
burlesque
connotation
flashback
antagonist
15. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
catharsis
implied metaphor
anachronism
lampoon
16. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
epigram
connotation
meter
sentimental
17. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
belle-lettres
pathetic fallacy
apollonian
mock epic
18. Two or more independent clauses
compound sentence
bathos
pentameter
elliptical construction
19. One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.
antagonist
balanced sentence
concrete language
persona
20. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
sentiment
aphorism
naturalism
parable
21. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
omniscient narrator
invective
denotation
picaresque novel
22. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first person pronouns such as I and we
first person narrative
pathetic fallacy
couplet
omniscient narrator
23. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
genre
hyperbole
harangue
ode
24. A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated
synecdoche
metonymy
rhythm
muse
25. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
loose sentence
bombast
bibliography
myth
26. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem
symbolism
analogy
point of view
meter
27. The emotional tone in a work of literature
sentimental
diction
mood
predicate adjective
28. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
elliptical construction
canon
hubris
stream of consciousness
29. Word choice characterized by simple - often one or two syllable nouns - adjectives - and adverbs
anglo-saxon diction
tone
gerund
lyric poetry
30. 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
euphony
pseudonym
non sequitur
metaphysical poetry
31. The origin or derivation of a word
etymology
infinitive
romance
tone
32. 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
antagonist
dionysian
style
loose sentence
33. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
mode
anachronism
rhetoric
pulp fiction
34. 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
simple sentence
scan
ambiguity
diction
35. Ordinary or familiar - used to describe diction
colloquial
protagonist
canon
invective
36. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
caricature
classical - classicism
foreshadowing
montage
37. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
simile
point of view
subplot
allusion
38. 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
verisimilitude
aphorism
euphony
bathos
39. A false name or alias used by writers
hyperbole
abstract language
balanced sentence
pseudonym
40. A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated - often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected
irony
denotation
tone
personification
41. The dictionary definition of a word. contrast with connotation
denotation
parody
hyperbole
picaresque novel
42. A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly as a sentence
implied metaphor
tragedy
subplot
picaresque novel
43. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term
euphemism
analogy
non sequitur
adage
44. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
antagonist
satire
innuendo
pulp fiction
45. A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words
rhyme
rhetoric
elliptical construction
persona
46. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer or the world at large
allegory
elliptical construction
naturalism
persona
47. An indirect or subtle - usually derogatory implication in expression - an insinuation
syntax
gothic novel
innuendo
etymology
48. A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic
naturalism
title character
hyperbole
lampoon
49. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
symbolism
stream of consciousness
flashback
archetype
50. A verbal ending in 'ing'_ that functions in a sentence as a noun.
periodic sentence
gerund
diction
ballad