IB English Week 3 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Epigraph | an apposite quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc., a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing |
| Enjambed | Enjambment is the continuation of a sentence form one line or couplet into the next I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree |
| Epistrophe | repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. |
| Epithet | A short, poetic nickname attached to normal name fleet-footed Achilles |
| Ethical appeal | the ethical appeals: appeals to one persons moral values. If the writer comes across as plesant, fair-minded, and decent, gaining reader support is much easier. |
| Euphony | Groups of words that sound harmonious (consonants permit easy/pleasing flow of sound) as opposed to cacophony And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; Manna and dates, in argosy transferred From Fez; and spiced dainties, every one From silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon. |
| Exposition | Use of authorial discussion to explain or summarize background rather than revealing info through narration Susan was angry when she left the house and climbed into her car outside vs. Red-faced with nostrils flaring, Susan slammed the door and stomped over to her car outside |
| Extended metaphor | ..., The comparison between two things is continued beyond the first point of comparison. This extends and deepens a description. |
| False analogy | ..., When two cases are not sufficiently parallel to lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them. Most extremists follow Islam. Therefore, Islam is religion that propagates extremism. |
| Figurative Language | Type of language that varies from norms of literal language simile metaphor |
| Foreshadowing | Suggesting, hinting, indicating or showing what will occur later in a narrative |
| Frame | ... |
| Free Verse | Poetry based on natural rhythms of phrases and normal pauses vs. artificial constraints of metrical feet |
| Genre | Type or category of literature/film marked by certain shared features |
| Heroic couplet | Two successive rhyming lines of iambic pentameter. O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. |
| Hubris | Arrogant, excessive self-pride/confidence. Lack of important perception due to pride in abilities |
| Humanism | A Renaissance intellectual and artistic movement triggered by a "rediscovery" of classical Greek and Roman language, culture and literature |
| Hyperbole | the trope of exaggeration or overstatement. |
| Euphemism | Using a mild or gentle phrase instead of a blunt, embarrassing, or painful one. |
| Induction | he logical assumption or process of assuming that what is true for a single specimen or example is also true for other specimens or examples of the same type |
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