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Section 1
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Caricature
A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
Antecedent
a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.
Bathos
The sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style.
Aphorism
A terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
Atmosphere
The pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art.
Loose Sentence / periodic sentence
Contains a main clause, followed by modifiers.
Imagery
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
Hyperbole
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
Epiphany
Manifestation of something divine, or a revelation
Evidence
Available body of facts or info to indicate truth
Allegory
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Ambiguity
the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
Dues ex machina
An unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
Consonance
Refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.
Illusion
A false idea; something that one seems to see or to be aware that really does not exist
Euphemism
Using an indirect word or expression to say something otherwise blunt or embarrassing
Assonance
In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.
Audience
The people giving or likely to give attention to something.
Connotation
Refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Analogy
a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
Cliche
stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse
Conceit
A kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way.
Idyll
A lyric, poem, or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
Didactic
Didacticism describes a type of literature that is written to inform or instruct the reader, especially in moral or political lessons.
Doggerel
A comic verse composed in irregular rhythm
Diction
The style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or writer.
Extended Metaphor
Exploiting a metaphor at length through a piece
Antithesis
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
Logical Fallacy (fallacies)
An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid
Invective
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.
Ethos
Moral character, gaining authority in a piece through your identity
Chiasmas
A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. 'Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.'
Allusion
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Anaphora
the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they.
Clause
A group of words containing a subject and predicate (a verb that states something about the subject)
Colloquial / Colloquialism
(of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
In media res
Latin for "in the midst of things,"
Denotation
Denotation refers to the literal, dictionary definition of a word.
Anecdote
a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
Figurative Language
Using words or phrases with a different meaning than usual
Litany
Any long, repetitive, or dull recital
Elision
Omission of a sound or syllable when speaking, or of words in a passage
Euphony
The quality of being pleasing to the ear through words
Dissonance
Dissonance is the use of impolite, harsh-sounding, and unusual words in poetry.
Anachronism
a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
Genre
Category of compositions characterized by similar form style or subject matter
Irony
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Litotes
Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (EX: you wont be sorry)
Section 2
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Setting
The combination of the time, place, social status, weather, and immediate details of surroundings that help create the mood of a certain story or scene
Argumentation
Course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating truth or falsehood
Point of View
Who is telling a story, or who is narrating it
Undertone
An underlying quality or element; undercurrent
Subordinate Clause / Subordinating conjunction
A conjunction that introduces a subordinate clause. In real person words: a conjunction that: 1) transitions the sentence from one clause to another, and 2) reduces the importance of one of the clauses (Although, because) A clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction that forms a lesser part of and is dependent on a main clause. In real person words: a dependent clause that cannot stand alone because it does not express a complete thought
Pathos
A quality that evokes pity or sadness. A rhetorical strategy that appeals to emotion
Motif (leitmotif)
An object or idea that repeats throughout a work and is associated with a particular character
Rhetorical Question
A question that you ask without expecting an answer
Synechdoche
A literary device in which either part of something represents the entirety or vice versa
Plagiarism
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own
Description
Written representation or account of a person, object, or event
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Theme
A unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc. An overarching idea that is displayed throughout a piece of work
Parable
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
Simile
A figure of speech that draws a direct comparison (meaning the help of the words "like" or "as" are used) of two things.
Parody
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
Narrative
A spoken or written account of connected events; a story
Thesis
a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research, as one presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree. An opinion supported by general fact and knowledge
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Narration
Action or process of narrating a story
Parallelism
Sentence construction which places equal grammatical construction near each other, or repeats identical grammatical patterns
Tone
A particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.: The way a particular piece of writing sounds, the "vibe"
Understatement
The act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts
Paralipsis
When a writer or speaker emphasizes something, while claiming to not say anything (or to say very little). The writer or speaker will profess not to care about something or say they will not dwell on something, but because they bring it up, they do emphasize it
Mood
Provoking feelings or emotions through tone, words and descriptions
Syllogism
A form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed premises, each of which is connected to the conclusion
Vitriol
Something highly caustic or severe in effect, as criticism. Use of speech that is facetious and critical
Paradox
A seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. In literature, this is not limited to logical impossibilities, and can include contradictions, ironic situations, or seemingly counterintuitive combinations
Paraphrase
To express the meaning of something written or spoken using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity, includes keypoints and detailed information that can sometimes be as long (if not longer) than the original source
Style
The combination of an author's syntax, word-choice, and tone that creates the voice that readers pick up when reading the work
Subject Complement
A word or phrase that follows a linking verb and describes or identifies the subject. There are two types: predicate nominative (a subject complement in the form of a noun) and predicate adjective (a subject complement in the form of an adjective)
Satire
A technique used to criticize something using humor, irony, or exaggeration to expose and condemn follies
Rhetoric
Technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form
Personification
Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human features or qualities
Syntax
The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. The pattern and formation of sentences and phrases formed by words that shape your style of writing and speaking
Pastoral
Literature that deals with people living off the land, dealing with all of the challenges and blessing of nature. In many cases, it shows a more optimistic view of this lifestyle, as works in this branch of literature are often intended for urban audience
Wit
The keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Speech that is humorous or knowledgable
Periodic sentence / loose sentence
has the main clause or predicate at the end. Used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasoning at the beginning before the final point is made starts with an independent clause or main clause, which provides the main idea, then adds subordinate elements or modifiers. These phrases or clauses add information to the main or independent clause.
Symbol
A literary device in which a person, place, object, situation, event, or action is representative of a different or deeper meaning
Pedantic
A term used to describe writing that borders on lecturing. It is scholarly and academic and often overly difficult
Synesthesia
The production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. When one of your senses is activated and triggers another sense to become active causing, like when you hear a sound and think of a place
Exposition
A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory
Unreliable Narrator
It is a character who tells the reader a story that cannot be taken at face value. This may be because the point of view character is insane, lying, deluded or for any number of other reasons, a character whose credibility has been seriously compromised
Malapropism
The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect
Metonymy
Substituting the name of an object, place, or thing, for an concept
Sarcasm
When the literal meaning is different than the intended meaning, oftentimes in an attempt to mock, amuse, or hurt something
Onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named
Repetition
Repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable
Prose
"Ordinary writing" made up of sentences and paragraphs without metrical structure
Passive Voice
When the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb
Section 3
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