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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. A narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero
non sequitur
enjambment
epic
climax
2. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often marked by punctuation
consonance
humanism
implied metaphor
caesura
3. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
symbolism
ellipsis
lyric poetry
assonance
4. An indirect or subtle - usually derogatory implication in expression - an insinuation
innuendo
antagonist
exegesis
empathy
5. A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface
image
infinitive
sonnet
allegory
6. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first person pronouns such as I and we
concrete language
annotation
dionysian
first person narrative
7. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. it includes time - place - historical milieu and social - political and even spiritual circumstances
hyperbole
setting
predicate nominative
consonance
8. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
rhetoric
tragedy
melodrama
irony
9. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular syntax or pattern of words
syntax
mood
elliptical construction
colloquial
10. Word choice characterized by simple - often one or two syllable nouns - adjectives - and adverbs
middle english
epigram
anglo-saxon diction
irony
11. A novel focusing on and describing social customs and habits of a particular social group
verbal irony
meter
novel of manners
exposition
12. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
melodrama
style
old english
quatrain
13. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
euphony
interrogative sentence
voice
periodic sentence
14. The depiction of people - things and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect
indirect quotation
melodrama
realism
genre
15. A humorous play on words - using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
fable
bathos
pun
burlesque
16. French for a novel in which historical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
roman a clef
free verse
denotation
extended metaphor
17. Ordinary or familiar - used to describe diction
abstract
euphony
verbal irony
colloquial
18. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; less subtle than irony
empathy
classical - classicism
sarcasm
frame
19. Two or more independent clauses
compound sentence
mood
elliptical construction
litotes
20. The emotional tone in a work of literature
mood
rhyme scheme
verse
pulp fiction
21. Language or dialect of a particular country - Language of a clan or group - Plain everyday speech
conceit
climax
deus ex machina
vernacular
22. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
analogy
ballad
euphony
fable
23. The dictionary definition of a word. contrast with connotation
mood
lyric poetry
kenning
denotation
24. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
split infinitives
meter
caricature
apollonian
25. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
pulp fiction
allusion
sonnet
mood
26. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing
epithet
quatrain
syntax
catharsis
27. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
apostrophe
metaphor
sentimental
balanced sentence
28. A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic
hyperbole
rhyme
naturalism
gothic novel
29. A mocking - satirical assault on a person or situation
dramatic irony
lampoon
plot
dionysian
30. A latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point
tone
villanelle
in medias res
pastoral
31. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings
epigram
classical - classicism
anachronism
expose
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
metaphysical poetry
motif
bildungsroman
subplot
33. One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.
balanced sentence
indirect quotation
loose sentence
rhetoric
34. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character
loose sentence
oxymoron
setting
dramatic irony
35. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances
picaresque novel
frame
non sequitur
flashback
36. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem
vernacular
point of view
deus ex machina
extended metaphor
37. A form of verse usually consisting of three four line units called quatrains and a concluding couplet
pathetic fallacy
double entendre
middle english
sonnet
38. 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
predicate adjective
falling action
quatrain
belle-lettres
39. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
foot
mood
infinitive
sentiment
40. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
enjambment
balanced sentence
exposition
wit
41. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
old english
conceit
kenning
rhetoric
42. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
oxymoron
lyric poetry
exposition
euphemism
43. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD
caesura
stream of consciousness
middle english
fantasy
44. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
bard
pathos
verbal irony
cliche
45. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects - without using like or as
in medias res
explication
metaphor
meter
46. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
pathos
pun
satire
stanza
47. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
moral
metonymy
sentimental
end-stopped
48. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
onomatopoeia
periodic sentence
personification
collocation/Idiom
49. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry
sarcasm
rhyme
theme
apostrophe
50. 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
empathy
setting
voice