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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. Sentence with interrogative pronouns
balanced sentence
interrogative sentence
bibliography
alliteration
2. A forceful sermon - lecture or tirade
expose
harangue
epithet
foot
3. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
onomatopoeia
compound-complex sentence
archetype
idyll
4. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
naturalism
epigram
light verse
prosody
5. A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth
plot
burlesque
maxim
annotation
6. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
lampoon
sentiment
pun
ballad
7. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem. two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter is sometimes called a heroic couplet
moral
dramatic irony
canon
couplet
8. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
harangue
theme
rhetoric
classic
9. A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface
loose sentence
irony
allegory
oxymoron
10. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
climax
first person narrative
onomatopoeia
denotation
11. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
paraphrase
parody
subplot
parable
12. An adjective that follows a linking verb
middle english
myth
empathy
predicate adjective
13. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
parody
invective
scan
symbolism
14. A sentence that follows the customary word order of english sentences - ie subject verb object. the main idea of the sentence is presented first and is then followed by one or more subordinate clauses
pulp fiction
loose sentence
lampoon
melodrama
15. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
rhyme
classical - classicism
consonance
concrete language
16. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
archetype
romance
epic
stanza
17. A poet; in olden times - a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment
gothic novel
bard
motif
adage
18. A term for the title character of a work of literature
eponymous
stanza
naturalism
loose sentence
19. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
non sequitur
loose sentence
agreement
simile
20. A device employed in anglo-saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities
satire
gerund
rhyme scheme
kenning
21. A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words
metonymy
gerund
elliptical construction
predicate nominative
22. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character
dramatic irony
prosody
maxim
enjambment
23. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing
epithet
style
omniscient narrator
irony
24. A poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
carpe diem
pathos
deus ex machina
elegy
25. A familiar grouping of words - especially words that habitually appear together and thereby convey meaning by association
balanced sentence
ottava rima
motif
collocation/Idiom
26. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
end-stopped
burlesque
explication
colloquial
27. A subordinate or minor collection of events in an novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
pulp fiction
personification
metaphysical poetry
subplot
28. In contrast to literal language - implies meanings
synecdoche
figurative language
metonymy
free verse
29. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
syntax
simple sentence
burlesque
ottava rima
30. Grating - inharmonious sounds
classical - classicism
anachronism
bathos
cacaphony
31. A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
complex sentence
personification
sentiment
canon
32. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
apollonian
verse
narrative
subplot
33. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
conceit
cliche
rhetorical stance
euphony
34. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation
interrogative sentence
end-stopped
mode
ode
35. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; less subtle than irony
pseudonym
realism
colloquial
sarcasm
36. The origin or derivation of a word
alliteration
kenning
etymology
deouement
37. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines of a poem
loose sentence
assonance
deus ex machina
ballad
38. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
end-stopped
double entendre
apollonian
ode
39. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
allusion
classic
gothic novel
roman a clef
40. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
image
foreshadowing
farce
diction
41. The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person and number and of a pronoun with its antecedent in person - number - and gender
paradox
catharsis
agreement
meter
42. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
abstract
rhetoric
simile
image
43. A noun that renames the subject
pastoral
predicate nominative
verbal irony
maxim
44. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
ambiguity
lyric poetry
title character
verse
45. The interpretation or analysis of a text
free verse
persona
cliche
explication
46. in literature - the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem
subplot
balanced sentence
deus ex machina
bombast
47. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances
antagonist
frame
flashback
euphony
48. A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
bibliography
allusion
frame
colloquial
49. An indirect or subtle - usually derogatory implication in expression - an insinuation
omniscient narrator
innuendo
apostrophe
couplet
50. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
epithet
consonance
rhyme
ellipsis