Fall Final Flashcards
Claim
state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.
Assertion
a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
Qualifier/Qualifies
restriction placed on claim so that it may not always be true
imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Clause
a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
Parallelism
the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter.
Complex Sentence
a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.
One independent clause and at least one dependent clause
Imperative sentence
A type of sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or command. “Leave the gun, take the cannoli”
Subordinate clause
a clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause (e.g., “when it rang” in “she answered the phone when it rang”).
Prepositional Phrase
is a series of words made up of a preposition and its object. The object may be a noun, pronoun, gerund or clause. A prepositional phrase functions as an adjective or adverb.
Analogy
a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
Allusion
reference to a particular event or character in classical works of literature, such as ancient Roman or Greek works.
Antithesis
An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses.
Oxymoron
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
Euphemism
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Apostrophe
a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent
Alliteration
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Anti-climax
In writing, denotes a writer's intentional drop from the serious and elevated to the trivial and lowly, in order to achieve a comic or satiric effect. An event (as at the end of a series) that is strikingly less important than what has preceded it. The transition towards this ending.
Counterexample
an example that opposes or contradicts an idea or theory.
ironic
happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this
endowed
provides
quaint
charmingly old-fashioned
digression
stray from main topic
declamatory
over blown style of speaking
Eloquence
fluent or persuasive speaking or writing
constituents
people of congress member represents
constitutes
makes up; forms
empirical
based on observation or experiment
satiety
feeling of fullness
