hackneyed
overused, cliched
supercilious
snobbish, patronizing, overbearing, scornful, disdainful
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duplicitous
Deceptive; marked by contradictory second thoughts
capricious
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
parallel syntax
repetition of worse or phrases to emphasize a point.
conclusive logic
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didactic
instructive (especially excessively)
pastoral elegy
A poem about death and idyllic rural life – often featuring shepherds.
memoir
an account of the author’s personal experiences
narrative
consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
rhetoric
using language effectively to please or persuade
ALLEGORY
characters, settings, and events stand for other
alliteration
repeat consonant sound
allusion
reference of something from another culture, indirect reference
ambiguity
deligeratly suggesting more than one thing, sometimes conflicting things
analogy
comparison
anaphora
repetition of phrase at begining of two or more sentences
anastrophe
inversion of a sentence for emphasis or rhythm
anectdote
breif story, shows character
antimetabole
repetition of words of a phrase in reverse gramatical order
antithesis
balacing words that contrast using grammar
antihero
main character, but lacking heroic characteristics ex: no courage
anthropomorphism
personification
aphorism
brief clever statement about life, maxim
apostrophe
calling out to dead, if asking for something= invocation
apposition
giving a statement : explanation
assonance
similar vowel sounds
asyndeton
using commas to make a list: 1,2,3 bears
indirect characterization
author shows characters personality through dialogue, description of dress, etc
direct characterization
author tells what the character is and decribes their personality
static
unchanging
dynamic
changes because of story’s action
chiasmus
antimetabole used in poetry, switcheroo
colloquialism
casual diciton, used in daily life, inapproprate for formal writing
conceit
metaphore comparing two things startlingly different: ex: my sister and my toothbrush.
how alike!
connotations
the associations that have overtime developed for a word/phrase
couplet
two consectutive rhyming lines of poetry
didactic
form of writing that is used to teach a lesson/moral
elegy
a poem of mourning, about someone who has died
eulogy
speech of praise of someone who has died
epanalepsis
reptition of a word at begining and end of sentence: you are not any longer you.
epigraph
quotation at begining of the work that suggests a theme
epistrophe
opposite of anaphora, repetition of a word at end of multiple sentences.
epithet
title used to emphasize a quality: mr. bignose
Argumentation
uses logic, emotion appeal and ethics to convince reader
persuasion
convince reader with emotion
argument
convince with reason
casual relationship
used to prove that one thing results from another, logical
description
uses language to convey a mood
exposition
where something is explained or “set forth”
explication
interpreting a text, usually must analyze language
farce
comedy thats wayyyy wacked out
hypotactic
sentence that makes a statement and then explains why using logic: emily is a butt because she has a butt and it has become her.
inversion
swap word order in a sentence to make it funky
verbal irony
when one says one thing but means something totally different.
usually one is seniel.
situational irony
when something takes place and there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen where and what actually goes down
dramatic irony
in a play when the character thinks one thing is true but the audience knows better
juxtaposition
a witty association/connection of ideas
litotes
a form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through the negated negative form
local color
emphais on setting
loose sentence
periodic sentence
lyric poem
doesn’t tell a story but conveys feelings
ballad
tells a story
implied metaphor
where the two things being compared aren’t directly stated
extended metaphor
really really long metaphore
dead metaphor
a metaphore that has been used so often its no longer vivid
metonymy
a figure of speech where a phrase represents something closely associated with it. ex: the throne= monarchial rule
motif
image seen throughtout a work
oxymoron
JUMBO shrimp
parable
think jesus
koan
a witty paradox used in buddhism
parallel structure
the repetition of words or phrases with similar grammatical structure
parody
makes fun using the style of another writer
periodic sentence
sentence that puts central thought at end of sentence after introductary elements
exposition
intro to character, setting
objective point of view
narator has no comment, totally impersonal
polysyndeton
uses no commas: 1 and 2 and 3 bears
quatrain
four line part of poem (or whole), considered a unit
refrain
chorus. tonights gunna be a good night.
romance
emily undertakes a quest.
emily is succesful.
satire
pokes fun with a hope to change things
synecdoche
part represents the whole: your gunna loose your wheels! (wheels= car)
syntactic fluency
variety of sentence structure. changin it up
syntactic permutation
complex sentences often too difficult for reader to follow
telegraphic sentence
It’s shorter than five words.
theme
insight about human life that the work has got to give
tone
attitude of writer
tricolon
sentence of three parts of equal importance and length, each independent clauses
