| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Allegory | A sustained metaphor continued through whole sentences or even through a whole discourse |
| Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| Allusion | passing reference or indirect mention |
| Ambiguity | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning |
| Analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect |
| Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses |
| Ancedote | short account of an interesting or humorous incident |
| Antithesis | exact opposite |
| Aphorism | a concise statement of a truth or principle |
| Apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person |
| Assonance | the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words |
| Asyndeton | lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses or words |
| Cacophony | loud confusing disagreeable sounds |
| Colloquialism | a colloquial expression |
| Conceit | feelings of excessive pride |
| Connotation | what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression |
| Consonance | the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words |
| Denotation | the act of indicating or pointing out by name |
| Dialect | the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people |
| Diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words |
| Didactic | instructive (especially excessively) |
| Emotional Appeal | tries to persuade the reader by using words that appeal to the reader's emotions instead of to logic or reason |
| Ethical Appeal | When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text. |
| Ethos | the distinguishing character or values of a specific people or culture |
| Euphemism | an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive |
| Example | a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding |
| Extended Metaphor | The comparison between two things is continued beyond the first point of comparison. This extends and deepens a description. |
| False Analogy | the two objects or events being compared are relevantly dissimilar |
| Figuartive Language | imaginative not meant literally |
| Figures of Speech | types of figurative language |
| Foreshadowings | the act of providing vague advance indications |
| Generalization | (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus |
| Genre | a kind of literary or artistic work |
| Hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| Idiom | an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up |
| Imagery | the ability to form mental images of things or events |
| Inference | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation |
| Interior Monologue | writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head |
| Invective | abusive language |
| Inversion | the act of turning inside out |
| Irony | witty language used to convey insults or scorn |
| Isocolon | parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length |
| Juxtaposition | an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast |
| Logical Fallacy | A mistake in reasoning |
| Logos | science, study |
| Metaphor | A comparision not using like or as |
| Mctonymy | Reference tos something or someone by naming one of its attributes |
| Mood | Setting the audienxe in a way or feeling |
| Moral | A message conveyed or a lesson to be learned |
| Motif | A single or repeated design or color |
| Narrative | Written paper about your feelings |
| Objectivity | Relating to or existing as an object of thought without consideration of indpendent existience |
| Onomatopeoia | sounds |
| Oxymoron | A figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongrosorous |
| Parable | The explicit drawing of a parallel between two essentiallty dissimiliar things especailly with a moral or diadtic purpose |
| Paradox | A statement that is self contrediary on the surface yrt seems to evoke a truth nonetheless |
Combine with other sets
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace
!