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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
metonymy
epic
diction
lampoon
2. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines of a poem
assonance
omniscient narrator
rhyme
double entendre
3. Issues a comand
imperative sentence
epic
pulp fiction
complex sentence
4. Ordinary or familiar - used to describe diction
colloquial
protagonist
light verse
archetype
5. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject
abstract language
ode
plot
melodrama
6. A short - pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment
aphorism
farce
etymology
pastoral
7. 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
falling action
kenning
paraphrase
canon
8. 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
epithet
bildungsroman
complex sentence
lampoon
9. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
balanced sentence
metonymy
prosody
pathos
10. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work
epic
bibliography
paradox
allegory
11. A french verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
irony
naturalism
flashback
villanelle
12. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or non-human objects
conceit
annotation
archetype
pathetic fallacy
13. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
explication
bombast
abstract
omniscient narrator
14. A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated
periodic sentence
bathos
expose
metonymy
15. The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem
alliteration
euphemism
apostrophe
couplet
16. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
romance
picaresque novel
simile
sarcasm
17. A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface
pathetic fallacy
frame
allegory
persona
18. A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
frame
moral
trope
bathos
19. A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth
maxim
metaphor
apollonian
explication
20. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme or some other plan
verse
stanza
verbal irony
expose
21. Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is
pun
parody
verisimilitude
picaresque novel
22. In contrast to literal language - implies meanings
point of view
predicate adjective
figurative language
mood
23. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
paraphrase
allusion
abstract
simple sentence
24. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances
humanism
pentameter
flashback
agreement
25. Sentence with interrogative pronouns
infinitive
interrogative sentence
alliteration
assonance
26. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
onomatopoeia
fable
periodic sentence
conceit
27. A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic
naturalism
ode
fantasy
carpe diem
28. A term used to describe literary forms such as novel - play and essay
genre
sonnet
indirect quotation
fable
29. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
allusion
analogy
concrete language
quatrain
30. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
foot
balanced sentence
satire
caricature
31. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
apostrophe
etymology
cliche
pentameter
32. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
double entendre
persona
light verse
conceit
33. A synonym for poetry. also - a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
rhetorical stance
verse
apollonian
melodrama
34. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
rhetorical stance
expose
periodic sentence
diction
35. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
idyll
pulp fiction
predicate adjective
litotes
36. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
couplet
gothic novel
infinitive
deouement
37. A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part - also when the name of a material stands for the thing itself
synecdoche
couplet
myth
caesura
38. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
mood
wit
anachronism
burlesque
39. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
allegory
dramatic irony
fantasy
paraphrase
40. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
omniscient narrator
stanza
climax
kenning
41. A latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point
loose sentence
satire
meter
in medias res
42. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term
carpe diem
analogy
pun
euphemism
43. A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
first person narrative
compound-complex sentence
bombast
apollonian
44. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
paraphrase
omniscient narrator
expose
gothic novel
45. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
burlesque
image
loose sentence
personification
46. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
dionysian
humanism
pentameter
assonance
47. A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity
plot
complex sentence
litotes
stream of consciousness
48. 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
consonance
periodic sentence
ode
rhyme
49. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often marked by punctuation
vernacular
caesura
humanism
epic
50. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase. contrast with denotation
connotation
lampoon
vernacular
metaphysical poetry