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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. A noun that renames the subject
predicate nominative
pentameter
paradox
exegesis
2. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
invective
realism
interrogative sentence
humanism
3. Language that describes specific - observable things
middle english
concrete language
hyperbole
abstract
4. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm or fixed metrical feet
frame
voice
onomatopoeia
free verse
5. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances
canon
euphemism
metaphor
flashback
6. A humorous play on words - using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
pun
end-stopped
picaresque novel
collocation/Idiom
7. A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line
adage
old english
foot
rhyme scheme
8. The main character in a work of literature
parable
sonnet
harangue
protagonist
9. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words - shapes ideas - forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas
non sequitur
style
caricature
simile
10. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work
genre
rhythm
eponymous
bibliography
11. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
belle-lettres
invective
theme
motif
12. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
elliptical construction
sentimental
cacaphony
moral
13. A work of literature dealing with rural life
mood
parable
agreement
pastoral
14. Grating - inharmonious sounds
narrative
metaphor
cacaphony
climax
15. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; less subtle than irony
sarcasm
concrete language
pastoral
synecdoche
16. An imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject
double entendre
parody
antithesis
personification
17. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack or ridicule an idea - vice or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
satire
belle-lettres
double entendre
implied metaphor
18. A verse with five poetic feet per line
pentameter
rhyme
epigram
allusion
19. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
exposition
symbolism
deus ex machina
loose sentence
20. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
style
figurative language
stream of consciousness
personification
21. A latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point
parody
theme
epithet
in medias res
22. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
balanced sentence
lyric poetry
ode
dionysian
23. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
free verse
symbolism
montage
foreshadowing
24. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
foreshadowing
allusion
loose sentence
muse
25. A phrase - idea or event that through representation serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
motif
maxim
verbal irony
villanelle
26. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
pentameter
burlesque
flashback
ballad
27. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
compound sentence
agreement
personification
abstract
28. When the infinitive is interrupted with another word - typically an adverb or adverbial phrase
elliptical construction
anachronism
diction
split infinitives
29. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
bathos
dramatic irony
bombast
caricature
30. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
oxymoron
classic
invective
simple sentence
31. An adjective that follows a linking verb
predicate adjective
enjambment
first person narrative
genre
32. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
theme
rhyme scheme
pun
satire
33. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
bombast
alliteration
wit
extended metaphor
34. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
protagonist
carpe diem
hubris
foreshadowing
35. The depiction of people - things and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect
realism
loose sentence
allusion
maxim
36. Sentence with interrogative pronouns
pentameter
connotation
bathos
interrogative sentence
37. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
bibliography
caesura
prosody
ellipsis
38. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often marked by punctuation
archetype
pastoral
caesura
annotation
39. A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly as a sentence
pulp fiction
implied metaphor
deouement
exegesis
40. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase. contrast with denotation
setting
epithet
wit
connotation
41. A poet; in olden times - a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment
bard
non sequitur
figurative language
explication
42. A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
motif
antithesis
satire
compound-complex sentence
43. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
exposition
persona
maxim
simile
44. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
middle english
compound-complex sentence
climax
synecdoche
45. 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
gerund
bibliography
tragedy
novel of manners
46. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem. two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter is sometimes called a heroic couplet
consonance
rhyme scheme
couplet
anachronism
47. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD
middle english
light verse
couplet
narrative
48. Issues a comand
ambiguity
assonance
empathy
imperative sentence
49. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways especially when one meaning is risque
double entendre
archetype
exegesis
fantasy
50. A brief explanation - summary - or evaluation of a text or work of literature
lampoon
compound sentence
caricature
annotation