APLAC vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Figures of Speech | word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and that is not meant to be taken literally |
| Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| Aposiopesis | breaking off in the middle of a sentence. example: "Touch me one more time, and I swear--" |
| Cacaphony | harsh discordance of sound |
| Cliche | a trite or obvious remark example: "turn over a new leaf" |
| Colloquiallism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing. |
| Conceit | elaborate parrallel between two similair objects or ideas |
| Epithet | descriptive word or phrase |
| Euphemism | an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive |
| Euphony | any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds |
| Idiom | an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words. |
| Meiosis | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) example: (when getting stabbed) "It's only a scratch" |
| Paradox | a statement that contradicts itself |
| Paralipsis | emphasizing a point by seeming to pass over it. |
| Pathetic Fallacy | the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects |
| Periphrasis | a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things |
| Synaesthesia | the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another |
| Trope | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
| Zeugma | use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one |
| Satric tone | ridiculling to show weakness in order to make a point or to teach |
| Whimsical tone | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason |
| Dramatic tone | sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect |
| Somber tone | gloomy |
| Mock-heroic tone | mocking or burlesquing any style, action, or character |
| Objective tone | language or tones that are neutral and without subjectivity or bias |
| Diffident tone | shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved |
| Didactic tone | instructive (especially excessively) |
| Petty tone | contemptibly narrow in outlook |
| Restrained tone | reserved; controlled (not emotional) |
| Disdainful tone | scornful; regarding someone as beneath you. talking down to someone. |
| Lugubrious tone | excessively mournful |
| Pedantic tone | marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects |
| Indignant tone | angered at something unjust or wrong |
| Bantering tone | cleverly amusing in tone |
| Flippant tone | showing inappropriate levity, Treating serious matters lightly |
| Condescending tone | possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing |
| Patronizing tone | possessing an attitude of superiority, condescending |
| Factious tone | causing disagreement |
| Clinical tone | extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical |
| Mock-serious tone | pretending to be serious; to make fun of as if it were serious |
| Inflammatory tone | causing excitement or anger; leading to violence or disorder |
| Benevolent tone | having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others |
| Burlesque tone | make a parody of |
| Fanciful tone | indulging in fantasies; imaginative in a playful way; whimsical |
| Detached tone | showing lack of emotional involvement |
| Cynical tone | believing the worst of human nature and motives |
| Incisive tone | clear and sharp in analysis or expression |
| Allusive tone | characterized by indirect references |
| Scornful tone | Filled with hate |
| Effusive tone | showing excessive emotion; overflowing |
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