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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
epigram
hubris
empathy
sonnet
2. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
simile
ellipsis
bombast
old english
3. The interrelationship among the events in a story; the plot line is the pattern of events - including exposition - rising action - climax - falling action and resolution
anachronism
diction
plot
anglo-saxon diction
4. 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
falling action
ottava rima
scan
imperative sentence
5. A term for the title character of a work of literature
genre
villanelle
eponymous
pseudonym
6. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. it includes time - place - historical milieu and social - political and even spiritual circumstances
pentameter
allusion
pathetic fallacy
setting
7. A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words
humanism
elliptical construction
double entendre
denotation
8. An adjective that follows a linking verb
predicate adjective
complex sentence
rhythm
persona
9. The interpretation or analysis of a text
classic
montage
subtext
explication
10. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
innuendo
rhetoric
ottava rima
image
11. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
euphemism
rhythm
fable
canon
12. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
theme
bibliography
sentiment
verse
13. 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
rhetoric
picaresque novel
eponymous
bildungsroman
14. A mocking - satirical assault on a person or situation
onomatopoeia
lampoon
assonance
style
15. A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated
balanced sentence
old english
metonymy
abstract
16. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
novel of manners
canon
flashback
light verse
17. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
ellipsis
analogy
personification
eponymous
18. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile and metaphor
trope
voice
moral
bombast
19. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
non sequitur
ballad
loose sentence
bombast
20. 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
apostrophe
voice
metaphysical poetry
light verse
21. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
euphony
paraphrase
diction
antagonist
22. A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
enjambment
frame
complex sentence
parody
23. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem
caricature
verisimilitude
adage
point of view
24. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work
agreement
bibliography
pastoral
symbolism
25. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
figurative language
oxymoron
moral
euphony
26. In contrast to literal language - implies meanings
hyperbole
litotes
figurative language
mood
27. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
meter
image
aphorism
bildungsroman
28. Ordinary or familiar - used to describe diction
enjambment
colloquial
aphorism
montage
29. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; less subtle than irony
sarcasm
figurative language
predicate adjective
plot
30. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
anachronism
anglo-saxon diction
consonance
idyll
31. A feeling of association or identification with an object or person
plot
empathy
canon
pun
32. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer or the world at large
persona
metonymy
etymology
symbolism
33. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
classical - classicism
muse
pulp fiction
quatrain
34. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
pentameter
litotes
prosody
light verse
35. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
lampoon
extended metaphor
ode
fantasy
36. The anglo-saxon language spoken in what is now england from approximately 450 to 1150 AD
protagonist
old english
symbolism
epic
37. A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse - but sometimes with a satirical thrust
ode
light verse
meter
synecdoche
38. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
compound sentence
pun
theme
subtext
39. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
theme
climax
concrete language
hyperbole
40. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
indirect quotation
verisimilitude
verbal irony
naturalism
41. The main character in a work of literature
protagonist
abstract language
invective
periodic sentence
42. One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.
irony
vernacular
foreshadowing
balanced sentence
43. Issues a comand
title character
bard
imperative sentence
expose
44. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
narrative
elliptical construction
protagonist
expose
45. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
carpe diem
explication
invective
compound sentence
46. A latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point
deouement
in medias res
connotation
naturalism
47. Grating - inharmonious sounds
ballad
cacaphony
euphony
point of view
48. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
light verse
allusion
subplot
omniscient narrator
49. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
analogy
in medias res
hyperbole
adage
50. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
humanism
paraphrase
stream of consciousness
narrative