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rhetorical techniques
the devices used in effective or persuasive language
free verse
poetry which is not wrtten in a traditional meter, but is stille rhythmical
sterotype
a conventional pattern
ambiguity
multiple meaning a literature work may communicate
sonnet
a fourteen line iambic pentameter poem
connotation
the implications of a word or phrase
convention
a device of style or subject so often used thay iyt becomes a recognized means of expression
details
items or parts that make up a larger picture or story
didactic
explicitly instructive
heroic cuplets
two end stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc with the thought usually completed in a two line unit
epigram
a pithy saying
setting
the backround of a story
jargon
the special language of a group
denotation
dictionary meaning of a word
assonance
the repitition of identical vowel sounds
anomatopoeia
the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
devices of sound
the techniques of deploying the sound of words
tone
the manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude
hyperbole
deliberate exaggeration
oxymoron
a combination of opposites
euphenism
a figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness
end stopped
a line with a pause at the end
paradox
a statement that seemms to be self contradicting but true
strategy
the management of language for a specific effect
dactyl
a metrical foot of three syllables
stanza
a repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme
structure
the arrangement of materials with in a work
modify
the restrict or limit in meaning
simile
a directly expressed comparison
figurative language
writings that uses figures of speech
thesis
the theme meaning or position that a writer undertakes to prove
apostrophe
direct address usually to someone or something that is not present
lyrical
songlike
alliteration
the repitition of identical consonant sounds
iamb
a two syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable
metaphor
a comparason is expressed with the use of a comparative term
tetrameter
a line of four feet
periodic sentence
a sentence grammatically complete only at the end
grotesque
characterized by distortions
omniscient point of view
the vantage point of a sotry in which the narrarator can know see and report whatever they choose
imagery
the images of a literature work
blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
ellipsis
the ommision of a word
allegory
a story in which people, things, and events have another meaning
allusion
a reference in a work of literature to something outside of the book
rhetorical question
a question asked for affect
style
the mode of expression in language
pentameter
a line containing five feet
ballad meter
a four line stanza rhymed abcb with four feet in line one and three and three feet in lines two and four
literal
not figurative
soliloquy
a speech in which a character who is alone speeks their thought aloud
narrative technique
methold involved in telling a story
antecedent
that which goes before
personification
a figurative language that endows the non human with human characterisitics
point of view
any of several possible vantage points from which a story is told
syllogism
a form of reasoning in which 2 statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them
reliability
a quality og some fictional narrarators whose word the readers can trust
parable
a story designed to suggest a principle
clause
a group of words containing a subject and its verb
satire
writing that seeks to arouse a readers dissapproval of an object by ridicule
syntax
the structure of a sentence
irony
a figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ
imperative
the mood of a verb that gives an order
symbol
something that is simutaneously itself and a sign of somehting else
diction
word choice
parody
a compostion that imitates the style of another compostion
internal rhyme
rhyme that occurs with in a line
digression
use of material unrelated to the subject of a work
attitude
a speakers, authors, or characters dispostion toward or opinion of a subject

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