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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
villanelle
romance
theme
lyric poetry
2. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
genre
montage
abstract language
image
3. A form of verse usually consisting of three four line units called quatrains and a concluding couplet
periodic sentence
etymology
innuendo
sonnet
4. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry
scan
apollonian
rhyme
quatrain
5. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
abstract
exposition
predicate nominative
personification
6. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
ballad
gothic novel
euphemism
subtext
7. Sentence with interrogative pronouns
interrogative sentence
consonance
pastoral
split infinitives
8. A verbal ending in 'ing'_ that functions in a sentence as a noun.
novel of manners
archetype
gerund
expose
9. A forceful sermon - lecture or tirade
loose sentence
predicate nominative
theme
harangue
10. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
image
catharsis
caesura
allegory
11. As opposed to concrete language it represents thoughts
satire
epithet
climax
abstract language
12. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words - shapes ideas - forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas
infinitive
light verse
style
onomatopoeia
13. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances
caesura
adage
flashback
parable
14. Word choice characterized by simple - often one or two syllable nouns - adjectives - and adverbs
anglo-saxon diction
old english
omniscient narrator
setting
15. The main character in a work of literature
periodic sentence
oxymoron
farce
protagonist
16. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
bathos
persona
annotation
climax
17. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
bathos
myth
humanism
apostrophe
18. A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth
maxim
realism
naturalism
bibliography
19. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
assonance
bathos
predicate adjective
moral
20. A narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero
figurative language
epic
stanza
foreshadowing
21. A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
tragedy
invective
non sequitur
compound-complex sentence
22. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
analogy
pulp fiction
extended metaphor
fantasy
23. French term for the world of books - criticism - and literature in general
harangue
bard
belle-lettres
muse
24. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
montage
rhetorical stance
eponymous
end-stopped
25. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses or sentences
motif
mock epic
antithesis
bathos
26. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
romance
burlesque
complex sentence
euphemism
27. in literature - the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem
adage
archetype
alliteration
deus ex machina
28. French for a novel in which historical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
double entendre
belle-lettres
predicate nominative
roman a clef
29. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
etymology
stanza
infinitive
diction
30. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
denotation
frame
hubris
double entendre
31. A subordinate or minor collection of events in an novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
subplot
verbal irony
denotation
verisimilitude
32. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
middle english
quatrain
pentameter
foreshadowing
33. A term for the title character of a work of literature
hyperbole
eponymous
empathy
ambiguity
34. The anglo-saxon language spoken in what is now england from approximately 450 to 1150 AD
collocation/Idiom
elegy
stanza
old english
35. A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretations
narrative
elegy
theme
ambiguity
36. A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
oxymoron
elliptical construction
complex sentence
pathetic fallacy
37. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
deouement
climax
rhythm
mood
38. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
euphony
theme
annotation
rhetoric
39. The depiction of people - things and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect
allegory
realism
loose sentence
empathy
40. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation
empathy
antagonist
end-stopped
belle-lettres
41. The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem
alliteration
onomatopoeia
pun
lampoon
42. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; less subtle than irony
sentiment
antagonist
sarcasm
sonnet
43. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines of a poem
bathos
caricature
double entendre
assonance
44. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose
consonance
periodic sentence
farce
cacaphony
45. 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
conceit
realism
rhetorical stance
46. Ordinary or familiar - used to describe diction
cacaphony
muse
colloquial
pastoral
47. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
kenning
classic
indirect quotation
consonance
48. The interpretation or analysis of a text
abstract
explication
adage
split infinitives
49. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
wit
non sequitur
elliptical construction
verbal irony
50. The origin or derivation of a word
etymology
compound sentence
extended metaphor
bard