English Terms
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- allusion
- literary reference to history or literature
- epanalepsis
- repetition of intervening words
- ethos
- rhetorical device that show the character of the speaker or writer as reflected in the writings; shows the fundamental values of the speaker
- anaphora
- one of the language devices of repetition that repeats the same expression at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences
- hyperbole
- overstatement, using deliberate exaggeration
- asyndeton
- omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses
- euphemism
- indirectness that replaces directness of statement, usually in an effort to avoid offensive bluntness in some subject
- loose sentence
- a type of sentence: independent clause comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units; a basic sentence with a string of details
- juxtaposition
- placing two ideas or characters"side by side" for comparison or contrast
- extended metaphor
- a metaphor developed at great length, occuring frequently in or throughout a work
- metaphor
- an analogy identifying one object with another
- connotation
- the non-literal, associative meaning of a work; implied meaning; the emotional implications that words may carry
- analogy
- a comparison of two things, alike in certain aspects
- dead metaphor
- a metaphor that has lost its figurative strength;
- foreshadowing
- presentation of material in such a way that later events are prepared for; hints of things to come
- denotation
- the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word
- diction
- writers word choice, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
- detail
- facts, observations, and incidents used to develop a subject and impart voice
- anadiplosis
- the repetition of the last word or phrase from the previous line, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next
- imagery
- use of sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstraction
- alliteration
- language device that repeats consonant or vowel sounds in successive or closely associated syllables
- irony/ironic
- the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; recognition of a reality different from appearance
- characterization
- methods through which an author makes imaginary persons seem lifelike
- figurative language
- not intended to carry literal meaning, usually meant to be imaginative or vivid
- double entendre
- a statement that is deliberately ambiguous and lends itself to more than one interpretation
- antithesis
- a balancing of one term against another for emphasis
- litotes
- a figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite
- epistrophe
- repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
- apostrophe
- when someone(not present) or an abstract quality is adddressed directly
- conceit
- an unusual comparison being made, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or in a surprising analogy between dissimilar objects
- logos
- rhetorical device that the author uses to appeal to reason or logic of the audience
- allegory
- symbolic story that serves as a disguised representation for meanings other than those indicated on the surface
- conflict
- struggle that grow out of the interplay of two opposing forces