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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. 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
analogy
picaresque novel
sonnet
metaphysical poetry
2. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
conceit
abstract
personification
predicate nominative
3. The main idea isn't completed until the end of the sentence
enjambment
archetype
periodic sentence
maxim
4. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
epic
quatrain
foot
non sequitur
5. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
abstract
prosody
theme
paraphrase
6. 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
mock epic
ambiguity
indirect quotation
synecdoche
7. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
simile
belle-lettres
meter
conceit
8. 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
plot
voice
couplet
interrogative sentence
9. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
complex sentence
dionysian
satire
simile
10. 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
ambiguity
light verse
scan
omniscient narrator
11. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
canon
kenning
hubris
anglo-saxon diction
12. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
gerund
vernacular
theme
mock epic
13. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
interrogative sentence
foot
title character
tragedy
14. A verse with five poetic feet per line
implied metaphor
allusion
pentameter
flashback
15. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD
middle english
muse
non sequitur
sonnet
16. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
novel of manners
carpe diem
muse
apostrophe
17. Language that describes specific - observable things
concrete language
style
stanza
eponymous
18. A figure of speech whose effectiveness has been worn out through overuse and excessive familiarity
cliche
connotation
irony
extended metaphor
19. A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
symbolism
complex sentence
bombast
ellipsis
20. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
collocation/Idiom
harangue
pathetic fallacy
canon
21. A subordinate or minor collection of events in an novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
novel of manners
subplot
plot
vernacular
22. A mocking - satirical assault on a person or situation
conceit
stream of consciousness
lampoon
muse
23. A term for the title character of a work of literature
eponymous
compound sentence
paraphrase
omniscient narrator
24. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
romance
stanza
novel of manners
pastoral
25. A forceful sermon - lecture or tirade
consonance
harangue
deus ex machina
etymology
26. A false name or alias used by writers
rhyme
abstract language
pseudonym
carpe diem
27. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry
old english
oxymoron
rhyme
kenning
28. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
idyll
aphorism
harangue
cacaphony
29. As opposed to concrete language it represents thoughts
infinitive
frame
maxim
abstract language
30. A phrase - idea or event that through representation serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
motif
verbal irony
kenning
periodic sentence
31. 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
tone
mood
stream of consciousness
fable
32. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
tragedy
personification
antithesis
ballad
33. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; less subtle than irony
protagonist
catharsis
sarcasm
myth
34. A term used to describe literary forms such as novel - play and essay
innuendo
genre
bathos
agreement
35. A humorous play on words - using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
oxymoron
pun
annotation
quatrain
36. An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form
archetype
gerund
epithet
consonance
37. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
periodic sentence
onomatopoeia
indirect quotation
anachronism
38. 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
agreement
falling action
setting
image
39. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
split infinitives
non sequitur
omniscient narrator
sentiment
40. A verbal ending in 'ing'_ that functions in a sentence as a noun.
gerund
title character
epithet
eponymous
41. The pattern of rhymes within a given poems
oxymoron
stanza
burlesque
rhyme scheme
42. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
rhythm
motif
loose sentence
deouement
43. A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretations
apollonian
maxim
litotes
ambiguity
44. Issues a comand
imperative sentence
aphorism
caesura
catharsis
45. A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated
adage
voice
plot
metonymy
46. A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line
anglo-saxon diction
tone
foot
verisimilitude
47. Word choice characterized by simple - often one or two syllable nouns - adjectives - and adverbs
point of view
anglo-saxon diction
euphony
personification
48. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
quatrain
oxymoron
aphorism
extended metaphor
49. French term for the world of books - criticism - and literature in general
voice
title character
belle-lettres
metaphysical poetry
50. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem
point of view
periodic sentence
abstract language
split infinitives