96,98-120 Flashcards
conceit
develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely, but is noting less, intellectually imaginative. a comparison turns into a conceit when the writer tries to make us admit a similarity between two things that are ‘‘dissimilarities’’
catharsis
an emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress. reek word that mean cleansing. literature it is used for cleansing of emotions of the character.
clinche
refers to an expression that has overused to the extent that it can lose its original meaning of novelty. A cinche may also refer to actions and events which are predicted because of some previous event.
concession
used in a argumentative writing where one acknowledges a point made y one’s opponent. nit a counter argument, but and extension of a counter argument.
concession pat 2
concussions writing style also how that the writer is a logical and fair minded person, able to realize that every argument has several sides to consider before it is presented.
portmanteau
2 or more words are joined together to coin a now word. portmanteau word is formed by bending part of two or more words, but it always refers to a single concept.
he coinage or portmanteu
involves the linking and bending of two r more words and the new formed in the process shared the same meaning as the original meaning.
litotes
understatement, esp. that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all”
chiasmus
rhetorical reversal of the order of words in the second of two second of two- phrases .
anadiprosis
repetition of the last word of one line or clause to begin the next.
Invective
a verbally abusive attack
circumilocution
unnecessary large numbers of words or an indirect means of expression to express an idea so as to effect an evasion in speech.
begging the question
supporting a claim with reason that is really a restatement of the claim i different words.
adage
saying or proverb embodying a piece of common wisdom based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language.
malapropism
a confused, comically inaccurate use of a long word or words.