Egnlish Flashcards
allusion
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
“an allusion to Shakespeare”
Analogy
a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
“an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies”
Exigence
Exigence is typically the moment or event that motivates someone to write or to speak about a specific issue, problem, or situation.
Occasion
a particular time or instance of an event.
“on one occasion I stayed up until two in the morning”
reason; cause.
“it’s the first time that I’ve had occasion to complain”
Persona
the aspect of someone’s character that is presented to or perceived by others.
“her public persona has been sold to millions of women as the ideal”
a role or character adopted by an author, actor, etc. or in a game.
“Bowie burned through one persona after another”
Purpose
Purpose The author’s persuasive intention. If you are trying to convince your mother you should get a dog, your purpose in addressing an essay on the subject to her would be to convince her that you should get a dog. Repetition Re-using a word or phrase repeatedly for effect or emphasis.
Rhetoric
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
Tone
Tone refers to the means by which a writer conveys attitudes, more specifically what attitude the writer wants to convey to the reader.
Pathos
appeal to emotions
Ethos
appeal to authority
logos
appeal to logic
connotation
Connotation is the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning, which is known as denotation. For example, blue is a color, but it is also a word used to describe a feeling of sadness, as in: “She’s feeling blue.” Connotations can be either positive, negative, or neutral.
denotation
denotation – The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.
formal
Contains language that creates an elevated tone. It is free of slang, idioms, colloquialisms, and contractions. It often contains polysyllabic words, sophisticated syntax, and elegant word choice.
informal; causal
Contains language that creates an elevated tone. It is free of slang, idioms, colloquialisms, and contractions. It often contains polysyllabic words, sophisticated syntax, and elegant word choice.
cumulative
Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on.
periodic
Periodic sentence (structure) a sentence that is not grammatically complete until its end.
hyperbole
consists of exaggerating some part of a statement in order to give it emphasis;
irony
Irony. a figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning.
metaphor
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.
personification
A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions
simile
A comparison of two things using like or as.
understatement; litotes
the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is
antithesis
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. Joins two ideas together often in a parallel structure. Antithesis: What It Does. Establishes a clear & contrasting relationship between 2 ideas, Makes/clarifies differences.
parallelism
Sentence construction which places equal grammatical constructions near each other, or repeats identical grammatical patterns. Parallelism is used to add emphasis, organization, or sometimes pacing to writing.
