Lesson 1 Flashcards
Diction
Word choice
- creates tone\emotions
Tone
Writers attitude
Allsion
Reference to something well known
Arrangement of arguments
Organizing ideas
Analogy
Comparing two things
Antithesis
Direct opposite to make a point
Parallelism
Using similar words, or phrases to show similar ideas in a sentence
Example- she likes hiking, dancing and swimming
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Adds drama or humor
Imagery
Description language
Irony
Like sarcasm
Dramatic irony - Something only the audience knows
Situational irony - even that mocks the circumstances
Metaphor
Describes and object or action that isnt true
exalmple - dude im drowning in work
Oxymoron
Combing words with opposing meanings. Contradictory words.
Personification
Giving human traits to objects
Rhetorical question
A question thats not meant to be answered
Repetition
Repeating of words