Lang Terms 4
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Kachemshoff on August 27, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Compound sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions |
| Consonance | the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words |
| Declarative sentence | ..., a sentence that makes a statement or declaration |
| Deductive reasoning | ..., reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.) |
| Expletive | ..., profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger |
| Imagery | ..., description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |
| Inductive reasoning | ..., deriving general principles from particular facts or instances ("Every cat I have ever seen has four legs; cats are four-legged animals"). |
| Invocation | the act of appealing for help, prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking |
| Onomatopoeia | ..., using words that imitate the sound they denote, using words that imitate the sound they denote |
| Personification | ..., the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. |
| Style | ..., the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work, a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period |
| Synesthesia | ..., describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") |
| Vernacular | ..., the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) |
| Zeno's paradox | ...allusions to Zeno's Paradox are used by authors to convey ideas about the absurdity of time and distance. |
| Idiom | An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds"). |
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