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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
anglo-saxon diction
humanism
balanced sentence
pun
2. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem. two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter is sometimes called a heroic couplet
style
idyll
flashback
couplet
3. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
onomatopoeia
allusion
symbolism
etymology
4. A phrase - idea or event that through representation serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
protagonist
elegy
motif
abstract language
5. 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
novel of manners
genre
setting
6. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry
rhyme
apostrophe
non sequitur
scan
7. The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person and number and of a pronoun with its antecedent in person - number - and gender
consonance
personification
romance
agreement
8. The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. the characteristic emotion that pervades a work or part of a work--the spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence
diction
expose
prosody
tone
9. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
caricature
classical - classicism
rhetoric
motif
10. The depiction of people - things and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect
realism
connotation
aphorism
farce
11. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
pseudonym
image
end-stopped
pathetic fallacy
12. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line. the pattern is called scansion. if a verse doesn't 'scan' its meter is irregular
epic
scan
implied metaphor
anachronism
13. An adjective that follows a linking verb
metaphysical poetry
predicate adjective
aphorism
pulp fiction
14. The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality
personification
mock epic
pseudonym
bathos
15. A familiar grouping of words - especially words that habitually appear together and thereby convey meaning by association
loose sentence
collocation/Idiom
bombast
bard
16. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
maxim
split infinitives
non sequitur
prosody
17. A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived
concrete language
parable
innuendo
setting
18. Word choice characterized by simple - often one or two syllable nouns - adjectives - and adverbs
anglo-saxon diction
sarcasm
connotation
consonance
19. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
pathetic fallacy
caricature
catharsis
adage
20. A form of verse usually consisting of three four line units called quatrains and a concluding couplet
sonnet
plot
infinitive
cacaphony
21. The work of poets - particularly those of the seventeenth century - that uses elaborate conceits - is highly intellectual - and expresses the complexities of love and life
metaphysical poetry
stream of consciousness
loose sentence
old english
22. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
paradox
farce
rhyme
predicate nominative
23. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
verisimilitude
sentiment
motif
rhythm
24. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
lampoon
foreshadowing
flashback
idyll
25. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects - without using like or as
flashback
metaphor
moral
personification
26. The main character in a work of literature
protagonist
free verse
pathetic fallacy
point of view
27. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
alliteration
scan
prosody
bombast
28. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
implied metaphor
subtext
split infinitives
epigram
29. A device employed in anglo-saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities
villanelle
kenning
parody
archetype
30. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
abstract
couplet
double entendre
alliteration
31. The anglo-saxon language spoken in what is now england from approximately 450 to 1150 AD
cliche
anglo-saxon diction
subtext
old english
32. 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
muse
sonnet
wit
in medias res
33. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
archetype
assonance
cacaphony
voice
34. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
dramatic irony
loose sentence
pulp fiction
melodrama
35. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
predicate adjective
metonymy
meter
wit
36. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
analogy
foot
personification
alliteration
37. A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated - often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected
plot
bildungsroman
irony
setting
38. A subordinate or minor collection of events in an novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
subplot
ballad
tone
realism
39. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
conceit
hyperbole
naturalism
empathy
40. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer or the world at large
persona
imperative sentence
middle english
figurative language
41. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
onomatopoeia
canon
allegory
collocation/Idiom
42. A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time
idyll
couplet
anglo-saxon diction
classic
43. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
gothic novel
naturalism
abstract
subplot
44. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular syntax or pattern of words
couplet
epic
syntax
double entendre
45. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
euphony
compound sentence
rhythm
kenning
46. One independent clause and no dependent clause
climax
old english
flashback
simple sentence
47. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
quatrain
flashback
symbolism
free verse
48. The pattern of rhymes within a given poems
caricature
abstract language
rhyme scheme
carpe diem
49. The main idea isn't completed until the end of the sentence
maxim
rhyme scheme
sentiment
periodic sentence
50. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances
middle english
flashback
elegy
wit