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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. 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
ottava rima
wit
assonance
ballad
2. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
annotation
persona
naturalism
canon
3. Issues a comand
bibliography
quatrain
imperative sentence
allegory
4. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
villanelle
lyric poetry
adage
narrative
5. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme or some other plan
pun
wit
stanza
symbolism
6. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
euphony
stream of consciousness
syntax
mood
7. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
sonnet
invective
meter
compound sentence
8. The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality
lampoon
bathos
verse
concrete language
9. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing
connotation
point of view
classical - classicism
epithet
10. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words - shapes ideas - forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas
style
epic
analogy
rhyme scheme
11. in literature - the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem
foot
deus ex machina
aphorism
satire
12. A humorous play on words - using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
moral
catharsis
pun
subplot
13. A short tale often with nonhuman characters from which a useful lesson may be drawn
maxim
fantasy
compound-complex sentence
fable
14. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects - without using like or as
genre
euphony
connotation
metaphor
15. A mocking - satirical assault on a person or situation
sarcasm
harangue
foot
lampoon
16. A verse with five poetic feet per line
pastoral
pentameter
rhyme scheme
anachronism
17. The main idea isn't completed until the end of the sentence
ode
classical - classicism
plot
periodic sentence
18. In contrast to literal language - implies meanings
parody
pastoral
figurative language
pathos
19. A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic
naturalism
epigram
rhetorical stance
catharsis
20. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
rhetorical stance
simple sentence
eponymous
scan
21. A noun that renames the subject
denotation
predicate nominative
gothic novel
loose sentence
22. Grating - inharmonious sounds
compound sentence
cacaphony
hubris
fantasy
23. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
melodrama
consonance
irony
symbolism
24. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
mock epic
explication
onomatopoeia
apostrophe
25. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
ballad
end-stopped
innuendo
gerund
26. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
in medias res
abstract
stanza
romance
27. A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity
aphorism
cliche
wit
litotes
28. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
humanism
in medias res
double entendre
anachronism
29. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
style
exegesis
moral
frame
30. A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows
tragedy
loose sentence
archetype
extended metaphor
31. A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly as a sentence
maxim
humanism
burlesque
implied metaphor
32. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
epic
deouement
stream of consciousness
prosody
33. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
analogy
epithet
title character
light verse
34. The emotional tone in a work of literature
novel of manners
mood
lyric poetry
pastoral
35. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
litotes
symbolism
plot
personification
36. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
sentimental
epic
compound-complex sentence
non sequitur
37. A phrase - idea or event that through representation serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
foot
allegory
motif
gothic novel
38. A device employed in anglo-saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities
melodrama
allusion
kenning
belle-lettres
39. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
parody
muse
ottava rima
bard
40. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
meter
climax
moral
indirect quotation
41. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
exposition
antithesis
dramatic irony
kenning
42. A term for the title character of a work of literature
connotation
allegory
eponymous
simile
43. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
montage
onomatopoeia
subplot
burlesque
44. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
elliptical construction
burlesque
idyll
bombast
45. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
old english
ambiguity
simile
rhetoric
46. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
lampoon
carpe diem
adage
rhythm
47. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer or the world at large
persona
oxymoron
catharsis
light verse
48. A synonym for poetry. also - a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
implied metaphor
etymology
verse
pun
49. A verbal (often preceded by 'to') that functions as a noun adjective or adverb
aphorism
colloquial
infinitive
myth
50. Literally 'seize the day'; enjoy life while you can - a common theme in literature
symbolism
compound sentence
carpe diem
deouement