Lit Terms 4
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Terms | Definitions |
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 parody | an exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. the writer of a parody uses the quirks of style of the imitated piece in extreme or ridiculous ways. |
| pathos | qualities of a fictional or non-fictional work that evoke sorrow or pity. Over-emotionalism can be the result of an excess of pathos. |
| periodic | sentence that places the main idea of central complete throught at the end of the sentence, after all introductory elements. |
| persona | a writer often adopts a fictional voice (or mask) to tell a story. Persona or voice is usually determined by a combination of subject matter and audience. |
| personification | figurative language in which inanimate objects, animals, ideas, or abstractions are endowed with human traits or human form. |
| point of view | the perspective from which a fictional or non-fictional story is told. First- person, third-person, or omniscient points of views are commonly used. |
| polysyndeton | sentence which uses AND or another conjunction (with no commas) to separate the items in a series. It appears in the form of X and Y and Z, stressing equally each member of the series. it makes the sentence slower and items more emphatic that its counterpart. |
| post hoc, ergo propter hoc | latin for 'after this, therefore because of this.' when a writer implies that because one thing follows another, the first caused the second. but sequence is not cause. |
| red herring | when a writer raises an irrelevant issue to draw attention from the real issule. |
| refutation | when a writer musters relevant opposing arguments. |
| repitition | word or phrase used two or more times in cose proximity. |
| rhetoric | the art of effective communication, especially persuasive discouse. it focuses on the interrelationship of invention, arrangement, and style in order to create felicitous appropriate discourse. |
| satire | a work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. it doesn't simply abuse (as in invective) or get personal (as in sarcasm). it targets groups or large concepts rather than individuals. |
| sarcasm | a type of verbal iron |
| simile | a figurative comparison of two things, often dissimalr, using the connecting words 'like' or 'as' |
| straw man | when a writer argues against a claim that nobody actually holds or is universally considered weak. it diverts attention from the real issues |
| style | the choice in diction, tone, nad syntax that a writer makes. in combinantion they create a work's manner of expression. it is thought to be conscious and unconscious and may be altered to suit specific occasions. it is habitual and evolves over time. |
| symbol | a thing, event, or person that represents or stands for some idea or event. it also simultaneously retain their own literal meanings. |
| syntactic fluency | ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or simple and varied in length. |
| syntactic permutation | sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved. often difficult for a reader to follow. |
| theme | the central idea of a work of fiction of non-fictioin, revealed and developed in course of a story or explored through argument. |
| tone | a writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. |
| tricolon | sentence consisting of 3 parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses. |
| unity | a work of fiction or non-fiction that is said to be unified if all the parts are related to one central idea of organizing principle. thus, unity is depedent upon coherence. |
| verbal irony | when the reader is aware of a discrepancy between the real meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the writer's words. |
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