Lang Terms 3
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Kachemshoff on August 27, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| Chiasmus | a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.") |
| Connotation | ..., suggested or implied meaning of word; V. connote |
| Cumulative sentence | ..., An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail. |
| Denotation | ..., the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression |
| Figurative language | ..., Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and personification. |
| Irony | ..., incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
| Litotes | ..., understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) |
| Metonymy | ..., substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in The suits on Wall Street walked off with most of our savings.) |
| Oxymoron | ..., conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') |
| Protagonist | the principal character in a work of fiction |
| Rhetorical structure | ..., how a passage is constructed; organization and how author combines images, details or arguments to serve his or her purpose |
| Simple sentence | ..., A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause |
| Syllogism | ..., a three-part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise ("All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal.") |
| Synecdoche | ..., a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part ("All hands on deck"). |
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