LESSON 2 Flashcards
Doubling back. The rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically, repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next.
ANADIPLOSIS:
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines
ANAPHORA
Other I. A person’s secondary or alternative personality, a second self
Alter ego
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
ANECDOTE
An act of attributing a custom, event , or object to a period to which it does not belong
ANACHRONISM
The process of releasing, and there by providing relief from strong, or repressed emotions.
Catharsis
A plot to device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode.
Cliffhanger
A mild or indirect words or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing .
EUPHEMISM
An ancient Greek word: the right, critical, or opportune moment
KAIROS
Memory or reminiscence is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events.
MEMOIR
Change in one’s way of life resulting from penitence or spiritual conversion
METANOIA
A SENTIMENTAL LONGING OR WISTFUL AFFECTION FOR THE PAST, TYPICALLY
FOR A PERIOD OR PLACE WITH HAPPY PERSONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
NOSTALGIA
A WORD, NUMBER, PHRASE, OR OTHER SEQUENCE OF CHARACTERS WHICH
READS THE SAME BACKWARD AS FORWARD (EXAMPLES: “RACECAR”, “MADAM”,
“MADAM I’M ADAM”, “NASA BAYABASAN”, MOM, POP, NAMAN
PALINDROME
WORD OR PHRASE FORMED BY REARRANGING THE
LETTERS OF A DIFFERENT WORD OR PHRASE, TYPICALLY USING ALL THE ORIGINAL LETTERS
EXACTLY ONCE. EXAMPLES: BINARY = BRAINY, A GENTLEMAN = ELEGANT MAN, FUNERAL = REAL
ANAGRAM
AN ACT OF SPEAKING ONE’S THOUGHTS ALOUD WHEN BY ONESELF OR REGARDLESS OF ANY HEARERS, ESPECIALLY BY A CHARACTER IN A PLAY.
SOLILOQUY
