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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
belle-lettres
abstract
climax
hyperbole
2. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways especially when one meaning is risque
paradox
colloquial
light verse
double entendre
3. 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
apollonian
euphemism
falling action
rhythm
4. A feeling of association or identification with an object or person
empathy
stanza
parable
connotation
5. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
bard
apostrophe
pulp fiction
subtext
6. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile and metaphor
catharsis
montage
apollonian
trope
7. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
ballad
subplot
subtext
apollonian
8. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
foreshadowing
deouement
narrative
deus ex machina
9. A verbal (often preceded by 'to') that functions as a noun adjective or adverb
infinitive
allusion
explication
narrative
10. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject
apollonian
expose
ode
rhyme
11. A novel focusing on and describing social customs and habits of a particular social group
rhetorical stance
consonance
complex sentence
novel of manners
12. A phrase - idea or event that through representation serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
empathy
motif
couplet
connotation
13. 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
eponymous
personification
balanced sentence
wit
14. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
voice
gothic novel
falling action
paradox
15. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
burlesque
bard
meter
foreshadowing
16. A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
ballad
ottava rima
paradox
compound-complex sentence
17. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
subplot
ottava rima
ballad
periodic sentence
18. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer or the world at large
parable
persona
vernacular
pun
19. In contrast to literal language - implies meanings
climax
genre
elliptical construction
figurative language
20. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
epigram
diction
image
fantasy
21. The dictionary definition of a word. contrast with connotation
denotation
conceit
consonance
explication
22. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
canon
belle-lettres
non sequitur
metonymy
23. A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived
cliche
moral
pastoral
parable
24. The emotional tone in a work of literature
analogy
symbolism
mood
lampoon
25. The anglo-saxon language spoken in what is now england from approximately 450 to 1150 AD
euphony
invective
old english
pastoral
26. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
colloquial
prosody
belle-lettres
mood
27. An imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject
harangue
ballad
tone
parody
28. A synonym for poetry. also - a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
pulp fiction
climax
double entendre
verse
29. A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic
idyll
naturalism
adage
parody
30. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
onomatopoeia
light verse
indirect quotation
scan
31. A short - pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment
protagonist
aphorism
etymology
setting
32. A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse - but sometimes with a satirical thrust
light verse
cacaphony
roman a clef
pathetic fallacy
33. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses or sentences
caesura
montage
antithesis
subplot
34. A form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that causes the hero considerable anguish
foreshadowing
predicate nominative
tragedy
climax
35. Sentence with interrogative pronouns
anglo-saxon diction
verbal irony
interrogative sentence
satire
36. A short tale often with nonhuman characters from which a useful lesson may be drawn
fable
pun
scan
novel of manners
37. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
sentimental
old english
aphorism
gothic novel
38. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
gothic novel
deus ex machina
wit
apostrophe
39. An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form
compound-complex sentence
moral
old english
archetype
40. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or non-human objects
subplot
pastoral
pathetic fallacy
bombast
41. An indirect or subtle - usually derogatory implication in expression - an insinuation
analogy
frame
lyric poetry
innuendo
42. The depiction of people - things and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect
kenning
abstract language
analogy
realism
43. A character or force in a work of literature that - by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict
interrogative sentence
allusion
frame
antagonist
44. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
abstract language
verse
deouement
rhetoric
45. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
prosody
dionysian
canon
simple sentence
46. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
predicate nominative
pun
quatrain
parable
47. A term used to describe literary forms such as novel - play and essay
oxymoron
genre
expose
anachronism
48. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first person pronouns such as I and we
caricature
allusion
cliche
first person narrative
49. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
hyperbole
personification
setting
loose sentence
50. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature
mode
bildungsroman
novel of manners
persona
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