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alliteration
repetition of sound at the beginning of several words; generally used to express the lyrical qualities of language
allusion
form of figurative language in which reference is made to text, event, person, or place; writer relies on the reader’s contextual knowledge and makes an implicit comparison between what is presented and what is known
analogy
cognitive process of transferring traits from one thing or idea to another (essentially, comparing one thing to another)
anaphora
repetition of the same word / phrase in a succession of phrases or sentences
antithesis
contrast between ideas (thesis and antithesis) by placing them together for effect
appeal to authority
argumentation technique in which one refers to a source that claims to have authority; assumes that authorities / institutions are right
appeal to fear
when writers and speakers appeal to their audience’s sense of fear; if you can make people scared, they will believe or buy anything
audience
general term that refers to the reader or listener of a text
bias
language that supports an ideological position, either explicitly or implicitly; subjectivity in pieces of writing that should be objective; imbalance between opposite perspectives in an article
cacophony
discordant, rugged, or had-sounded effects in prose or verse, usually produced by clusters of consonants arranged so as to make pronunciation difficult
characterisation
the way in which a writer creates her characters in a narrative so as to attract or repel the sympathy of the reader / audience
coherence
systematic connection of ideas in a written piece; achieved through the use of linking words and the integration of illustrations; helps an idea become developed in an essay; one tends to state, illustrate, and analyze / explain
colloquialism
can be regarded as a kind of expression or grammar that is associated with ordinary, everyday speech rather than formal language; intended related way of speaking or writing; contrasts formal language
connotation
aura of emotion that is associated with the word through personal experience; opposite of denotation
couplet
in poetry, a pair of rhymed lines in any meter
deictic
words that point in various directions, within a text and beyond it, or point in time; ex: down there, this, that, now, then, next year
denotation
literal, factual meaning of a word; meaning / initial meaning given in a dictionary
denouement
refers to the final unfolding of plot in a literary work; that the reader’s expectations of what will happen to literary characters are either satisfied or denied
dialect
unique and distinguishable combination of vocabulary, pronunciation, and syntax; a language is a dialect that has gained a recognized, official status
dramatic irony
frequent feature of dramatic texts; in plays, it occurs when the development of the plot allows the audience to possess more information about what is taking place than some of the characters themselves have
equivocation
when a word is used in two different senses in an argument
ethos
authority; used to describe the character of an audience, nation, or community
euphemism
word or phrase that makes something sound better than it actually is
formalism
a school of literary criticism that looks at texts at face value, without biographical, historical, or contextual considerations; notion that a text can have inherent meaning
genre
refers to a kind or type of literature; three major genres are poetry, drama, and novel / prose which can be subdivided
graphology
visual aspect of a text, including layout, font, and image
imagery
stylistic device which uses language to appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch; sometimes used to compare an abstract idea to a concrete experience
intertextuality
the ways in which a text resonates or refers to another text; ex: to be ___ or not to be ___ references Shakespeare
irony
literary or stylistic device in which one states something that is in discordance with what is expected; when someone says one thing but means something else; understanding of irony depends on understanding of context
logos
logic; appeal to the reader or listener’s sense of logic
metaphor
comparison of two concepts through language; often done by using the verb “to be”
metonymy
act of referring to a concept not by its name, but by something intimately associated with it
pathos
emotion; when speakers appeal to one’s sense of emotion
personification
a stylistic device where inanimate objects are given human qualities; a form of analogy
setting
more than where it takes place, geographically and when it takes place, temporarily; often looked at in relation to its main characters; creates a set of expectations for the reader and environment for its characters
simile
comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as”
synecdoche
stylistic device; act of referring to an entity by one of its parts
textuality
characteristics that define a text; inherent structures that define a text
