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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. 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
colloquial
periodic sentence
parable
tragedy
2. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
stream of consciousness
belle-lettres
deus ex machina
diction
3. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first person pronouns such as I and we
caricature
pulp fiction
first person narrative
rhythm
4. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
pun
apollonian
parable
catharsis
5. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work
bibliography
realism
catharsis
simile
6. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
denotation
adage
abstract
paraphrase
7. A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time
dramatic irony
montage
classic
motif
8. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
farce
plot
mode
non sequitur
9. A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line
parable
subplot
hyperbole
foot
10. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
classic
denotation
ottava rima
rhetorical stance
11. Grating - inharmonious sounds
cacaphony
sentiment
bathos
allusion
12. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
explication
catharsis
myth
abstract
13. 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
falling action
foot
villanelle
symbolism
14. The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person and number and of a pronoun with its antecedent in person - number - and gender
epithet
fantasy
annotation
agreement
15. A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly as a sentence
implied metaphor
humanism
adage
predicate nominative
16. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation
end-stopped
concrete language
personification
canon
17. deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient greek and roman culture; implies formality - objectivity - simplicity and restraint
anachronism
classical - classicism
verbal irony
enjambment
18. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
innuendo
epigram
simile
voice
19. A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth
ambiguity
carpe diem
maxim
motif
20. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
pathos
elegy
parable
verbal irony
21. Language or dialect of a particular country - Language of a clan or group - Plain everyday speech
pseudonym
vernacular
lyric poetry
flashback
22. A poet; in olden times - a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment
rhyme scheme
antagonist
bard
vernacular
23. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
title character
predicate nominative
sonnet
irony
24. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
gothic novel
muse
in medias res
euphony
25. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
dionysian
non sequitur
quatrain
wit
26. A verbal ending in 'ing'_ that functions in a sentence as a noun.
metonymy
gerund
trope
colloquial
27. A forceful sermon - lecture or tirade
harangue
persona
theme
muse
28. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
old english
harangue
prosody
image
29. A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows
loose sentence
verisimilitude
mock epic
rhetoric
30. French term for the world of books - criticism - and literature in general
synecdoche
belle-lettres
novel of manners
pathos
31. A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part - also when the name of a material stands for the thing itself
connotation
onomatopoeia
pastoral
synecdoche
32. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
bildungsroman
persona
burlesque
melodrama
33. The pattern of rhymes within a given poems
bathos
pun
bibliography
rhyme scheme
34. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
onomatopoeia
sentiment
simple sentence
stanza
35. Ordinary or familiar - used to describe diction
satire
colloquial
loose sentence
simile
36. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem. two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter is sometimes called a heroic couplet
humanism
compound-complex sentence
couplet
motif
37. Two or more independent clauses
conceit
plot
syntax
compound sentence
38. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
caricature
genre
tone
humanism
39. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
exposition
ballad
mode
invective
40. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
gerund
diction
synecdoche
assonance
41. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses or sentences
quatrain
antithesis
setting
maxim
42. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances
agreement
flashback
rhyme scheme
realism
43. A latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point
in medias res
narrative
sarcasm
archetype
44. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
colloquial
alliteration
theme
myth
45. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
fable
ambiguity
bombast
burlesque
46. A synonym for poetry. also - a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
explication
implied metaphor
complex sentence
verse
47. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
pentameter
epic
caricature
antagonist
48. A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
muse
syntax
tone
compound-complex sentence
49. The dictionary definition of a word. contrast with connotation
denotation
imperative sentence
middle english
irony
50. Word choice characterized by simple - often one or two syllable nouns - adjectives - and adverbs
harangue
anglo-saxon diction
collocation/Idiom
melodrama