| Term | Definition |
|---|
| traditional sermon | biblical refrence, religious doctrine, relevance to daily life |
| parts of a play | exposition, complication, resolution |
| dichotomy | paradox/opposites |
| opostrophe | the addressing of a person that is not physically present |
| diction | word choice |
| hubris | someone that thinks they can do something almost as good as the gods - almost always has a catastrophic downfall |
| typology | the examination of something in nature and the taking of meaning from that |
| litotes | 2 negations (not unemployed) |
| poignant | heart-touching - pain is usually involved |
| denotation | dictionary meaning of a word |
| connotation | all the ideas associated with a word |
| villanelle | verse form to give an impression of simplicity - usually used for simple poetry - can repeat lines |
| synecdoche | part is used for the whole or the whole for a part |
| conceit | connects 2 dissimilar things |
| pathetic fallacy | the application of ones emotions to nature |
| assonance | similarity of sounds due to the vowels in a word |
| consonance | similarity of sounds due to the consonants of a word |
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