Glossary Week 7 Flashcards
Frame
A structure that provides a premise or setting for a narrative or other discourse.
In Forrest Gump how he is telling his life story on the park bench.
Genre
A term used to describe literary forms, such as a novel, play, and essay.
Fantasy, Non Fiction, Sci fi, etc.
Harangue
A forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade.
Rant
Homily
A lecture or sermon on a religious or moral theme meant to guide human behavior.
The priest gave a brief homily on forgiveness
Hubris
Excessive pride that often affects tone.
Since he won the game, he allowed his hubris to turn into arrogance
Humanism
A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity.
Human behavior
Hyperbole
Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
Exaggeration
Idyll
A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place.
Beneath the azure sky, the tranquil meadow whispered…
Image
A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt; imagery is the use of images in speech and writing.
The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow.
Indirect Quotation
A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased.
Mom said that I should always brush my teeth before bed.
Inductive Reasoning
A method of reasoning in which a number of specific facts or examples are used to make a generalization. Its opposite is deductive reasoning.
First flower was blue, the second was blue, so all flowers are blue
Inference
A conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data.
Alex had a frown on his face, so I inferred he was sad.
