Focus Terms 1-3
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- plain style
- a way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression
- rhyme
- repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables
- inversion
- reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase
- figures of speech
- word or phrase that describes one thing in terms or something else and that is not meant to be taken literally
- metaphor
- figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using LIKE, THAN, LIKE, or RESEMBLES
- extended metaphor
- metaphor that is extended or developed over a number of lines with several examples
- simile
- figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things using LIKE,AS,THAN, or RESEMBLES
- paraphrase
- restatement of a text in your own words
- imagery
- use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person,thing,place, or an experience
- tone
- attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience
- paradox
- statement that appears self contradictory but reveals a kind of truth
- repetition
- unifying property of repeated words,sounds,syllables, and other elements that appear in a work
- style
- distinctive way in which a writer uses language
- logical appeal
- consists of facts, examples, and well reasoned arguments
- emotional appeal
- consists of language and anecdotes that arouse strong feelings
- ethical appeal
- arguments based on widely accepted values that are moral standards
- analogy
- comparison made between two things to show how they are alike
- parallelism
- repetition of words or phrases that has similar grammatical structures
- allusions
- reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, and other branch of culture
- archetype
- very old imaginative pattern that appears in literature across cultures and is repeated through ages
- rhetorical questioning
- question that is asked for effect and that does not actually require an answer
- mood
- overall emotion created by a work of literature
- stereotype character
- fixed idea or concept of a character or a group of people that does not allow for any individuality and is often based on religious, social, or racial prejudices
- symbol
- person, place or thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also strands for something more than itself
- verbal irony
- occurs when someone say one thing but really means something else
- satire
- type of writing that ridicules the short coming of people or in situations in an attempt to bring about a change
- setting
- time and location in which a story takes place
- meter/scanning
- pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
- personification
- figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
- aphorism
- brief, cleverly, worded statement that makes a wise observation about life
- anecdote
- very brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something
- inference
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- parable
- relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson, about how to lead a good life
- onomatopoeia
- use of a word whose sound imitates or suggest its meaning
- internal rhyme
- rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry or within consecutive lines
- sub genre
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- catalog
- list of things, people, or events
- symbolism
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- resolution
- conclusion of a story, when all or most of the conflicts have been settled
- attitude
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- literary devices
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- exact rhyme
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- slant rhyme
- words that have some correspondence in sound but not an exact one
- end rhyme
- rhyming words at the end of lines
- humor
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- dialect
- way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area
- cause and effect
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- theme
- insight about human life that is revealed in literally work
- point of view
- vantage point from which the writer tells a story