Conventions Of Written English Flashcards
IT’S ANY FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH A PART OF SOMETHING REPRESENTS THE WHOLE OR VICE VERSA, AS IN “THREADS” FOR ONE’S ENTIRE OUTFIT
SYNECDOCHE
A story composed of several symbols or metaphors that has a deeper or more general meaning in addition to its surface meaning
An allegory
For example, The Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan, the character named Christian struggles to escape from a bog. The story of his difficulty is a symbol of the difficulty of leading a good life in the “bog“ of this world. The “bog“ is a metaphor or symbol of life‘s hardships and distractions. Similarly, when Christian loses a heavy pack that he has been carrying on his back, this symbolizes his freedom from the weight of sin that he has been Carrying
Amending a book by removing passages and words deemed obscene or objectionable.
Bowdlerizing
The name comes from Thomas Bowlder’s 1818 edition of plays by William Shakespeare, which was amended so that it could “be read aloud in a family”.
Relatedly, expurgate means to clean up, remove impurities. An expurgated edition of a book has had offensive words or descriptions changed or removed.
A two letter abbreviation coming from the Latin meaning “compare“
cf.
It is short for confer and instructs the reader to compare one thing with another
Correlative conjunctions
Correlated conjunctions include the words in pairs either/or, both/and, and neither/nor
Coordinating conjunctions include and, but, or, not, yet, for, and so
Subordinating conjunctions begin subordinate, clauses, and join them to the rest of the sentence: “she didn’t learn the real reason until she left the valley“
Jack Wilson, of the Eugene Register-Guard writes these opinion pieces, from the Latin for “to put forth“
Editorial
Same same but different:
A two letter abbreviation meaning “for example”
A double two letter abbreviation meaning “and others”
E.g. — an abbreviation meaning “for example.“ It is short for the Latin exempli gratia, “for the sake of example.“ A list of examples may be proceeded by e.g.: “She loved exotic fruit, e.g., mangoes, passionfruit, and papayas.”
et. al. — an abbreviation of the Latin et alii, meaning “and others.”
“She was accompanied by the vice president, the Secretary of State, et. al.“
What is iambic pentameter?
The most common meter in English verse. It consists of a line 10 syllables long that is accented on every second beat.
A verb that does not need a direct object to complete its meaning. Example are run, sleep, travel, wonder, and die.
Intransitive verbs
Works produced in childhood youth, particularly written or artistic works
Juvenilia
(Jooh-vuh-NIL-ee-uh)
Used in footnotes, what is passim?
Indicates that a word or subject occurs frequently. For example, an entry in an index reading “coal: 78 through 86 passim“ means that coal is mentioned throughout pages 78 to 86. passim is Latin for “throughout“ or “here and there“
A two word, colorful phrase, meaning writing, full of ornate or flowery language.
Purple prose
Ornate flowery speech can also be referred to as purple prose
Rhetorical substitution, like “Wall Street” for the financial sector
Metonym
What is a roman à clef (roh-MAHN ah KLAY)
A novel in which actual people and places are disguised as fictional characters. roman à clef is French for “novel with a key“
Roman numerals for
- 50
- 100
- 500
-1000
L=50
C=100
D=500
M=1000
What is an infinitive? And what does it mean to split an infinitive?
An infinitive is the “to” form of a verb, as in “to play.“ A split infinitive is a phrase in which the to is separated from the verb. The sentence “I decided to quickly and directly go home“ contains a split infinitive.
Some people consider it poor style to split an infinitive
A grammatical form of verbs, implying, hypothetical action or condition.
Subjunctive
Eg- If Mr. Stanford were fluent in French, he could communicate with his employers more effectively.
If Shelia had been here, she would have helped us with our math
Word for the sequence in which words are put together to form sentences. In English, the usual sequence of subject, verb, object.
Syntax
Syntactic languages, such as English, use word order to indicate word relationships. Inflected languages, such as Greek and Latin, use word, endings, and other inflections to indicate relationships.
In linguistics, “song and dance” and “hell or high water” are examples of the irreversible WHAT?
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