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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. The quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness; the power to comment subtly and pointedly on the foibles of the passing scene
wit
enjambment
stream of consciousness
collocation/Idiom
2. A sentence that departs from the usual word order of english sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end. in other words - the particulars in the sentence are presented before the idea they support
periodic sentence
theme
loose sentence
genre
3. The anglo-saxon language spoken in what is now england from approximately 450 to 1150 AD
epic
litotes
explication
old english
4. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character
rhetorical stance
epic
bard
dramatic irony
5. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
end-stopped
wit
euphony
verbal irony
6. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
pastoral
genre
gothic novel
caesura
7. A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
harangue
indirect quotation
compound-complex sentence
couplet
8. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
anachronism
lyric poetry
paraphrase
light verse
9. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem
dramatic irony
onomatopoeia
point of view
maxim
10. A parody of traditional epic form
mock epic
connotation
invective
anachronism
11. One independent clause and no dependent clause
eponymous
maxim
flashback
simple sentence
12. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
sentiment
quatrain
anachronism
concrete language
13. A latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point
ellipsis
mood
in medias res
burlesque
14. A forceful sermon - lecture or tirade
harangue
hyperbole
kenning
rhyme scheme
15. One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.
connotation
dionysian
balanced sentence
omniscient narrator
16. A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows
elegy
loose sentence
enjambment
omniscient narrator
17. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
meter
imperative sentence
protagonist
scan
18. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
implied metaphor
assonance
verisimilitude
analogy
19. A character or force in a work of literature that - by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict
antagonist
middle english
voice
personification
20. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings
idyll
caesura
expose
assonance
21. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
non sequitur
epigram
abstract
classical - classicism
22. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
idyll
anglo-saxon diction
empathy
narrative
23. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits
elliptical construction
picaresque novel
caesura
rhetorical stance
24. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
canon
agreement
parable
realism
25. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
abstract
kenning
simile
voice
26. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
moral
voice
foreshadowing
ode
27. Ordinary or familiar - used to describe diction
ellipsis
colloquial
burlesque
bathos
28. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
vernacular
diction
villanelle
simple sentence
29. A novel focusing on and describing social customs and habits of a particular social group
plot
picaresque novel
novel of manners
enjambment
30. French for a novel in which historical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
personification
roman a clef
harangue
light verse
31. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects - without using like or as
point of view
metaphor
loose sentence
archetype
32. 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
compound sentence
diction
figurative language
bildungsroman
33. The interrelationship among the events in a story; the plot line is the pattern of events - including exposition - rising action - climax - falling action and resolution
moral
elegy
verbal irony
plot
34. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD
middle english
free verse
harangue
aphorism
35. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
elliptical construction
sarcasm
deouement
picaresque novel
36. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
tragedy
lyric poetry
romance
ottava rima
37. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
romance
compound sentence
foreshadowing
abstract language
38. A concise but ingenious - witty - and thoughtful statement
pun
muse
epigram
etymology
39. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
double entendre
euphemism
rhythm
romance
40. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
exposition
pulp fiction
abstract language
end-stopped
41. The dictionary definition of a word. contrast with connotation
denotation
antagonist
exegesis
vernacular
42. A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic
naturalism
expose
dramatic irony
first person narrative
43. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
oxymoron
ottava rima
deus ex machina
stream of consciousness
44. As opposed to concrete language it represents thoughts
abstract language
genre
expose
periodic sentence
45. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or non-human objects
compound sentence
pathetic fallacy
belle-lettres
hubris
46. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
farce
catharsis
montage
elegy
47. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words - shapes ideas - forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas
sonnet
vernacular
ambiguity
style
48. A humorous play on words - using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
parable
stanza
pun
subtext
49. Word choice characterized by simple - often one or two syllable nouns - adjectives - and adverbs
denotation
oxymoron
frame
anglo-saxon diction
50. Grating - inharmonious sounds
romance
cacaphony
caesura
cliche