| Term | Definition |
|---|
| allegory | narrative when settings, characters, etc demonstrate multiple levels of meaning |
| alliteration | repetion of an initial sound..she sells sea shells |
| allusion | refernece to literary, hisotry, religion, or myths |
| anaphora | repition of same words or phrases in succesive phrases |
| antithesis | juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in paralell words |
| aphorism | statement designed to make a point or illustrate a beleif |
| apostrophe | an address to something inanimate |
| assonance | rep of identical/similar vowel sounds |
| asyndeton | sentence with no conjuctions |
| begging the question | when arguer ignores the real question |
| canon | that which has been accepted as authentic |
| chiasmus | order of the terms are switched in secong half...he thinks i am dumb, i am dumb he thinks |
| claim | assertion of something as fact |
| colloquial | common diction |
| conceit | comparison of two unlikely things put in poem |
| connotation | implied or suggested meaning of a word |
| denotation | dictionary definition of a word |
| consonance | rep of two+ consonants...pitter-patter |
| convention | an accepted tradition or model |
| deduction | general to specific |
| didactic | with an instructive purpose |
| elegy | poem that centers on death |
| epistrophe | rep of a phrase at the end os succesive sentences |
| epitaph | praise of a dead person...headstone phrase |
| ethos | credibility of author |
| eulogy | praise of a deceased person |
| euphemism | a kinder way to tell bad news |
| exposition | interpretation of a text |
| homily | serious talk involving moral or spiritual life |
| hyperbole | overstatement |
| inductive reasoning (induction) | specific to general |
| isocolon | parallel in grammatical structure and length |
| juxtaposition | placing two things side by side for comparison,etc |
| litote | emphasis by conscience understatement..."not bad" when its really good |
| loose sentence | starts with main clause/idea |
| metonymy | when an attribute or feaure is used as a subject....the palace declared.. |
| mode of discourse | way in which info is presented...narratives, exposition, etc |
| periodic sentence | main cluase/idea at end |
| rebuttal | opposing arguments are noticed and refuted |
| synecdoche | when a part signifies a whole...count 100 heads (instead of poeple) |
| zeugma | when one word is applied to two different nouns...the thief toof the money and the second bus |
Combine with other sets
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