Literacy Terms G-M

Question 0

Loose Sentence

Answer 0

A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units

Question 1

Genre

Answer 1

type or category of literature or film marked by certain shared features or conventions. The three broadest categories of genre include poetry, drama, and fiction.

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substation of one for the other, suggesting some similarity

Question 3

Metonymy

Answer 3

From the Greek “changed label”, the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it (e.g. “The White. House” for the President)

Question 4

Mood

Answer 4

Grammatically, the verbal units and a speaker’s attitude (indicative, subjunctive, imperative); literarily, the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a word

Question 5

Polysyndeton

Answer 5

Is a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. Polysyndeton examples are found in literature and in day-to-day.

Ex: “Let the white folks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, books and, mostly-mostly-let them have their whiteness.”

Question 6

Logos

Answer 6

Logos is a Greek word meaning logic. Logos is a literary device that can be defined as a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic. In everyday life, arguments depend upon pathos and ethos besides logos. Logos mostly employs the utilization of inductive and deductive reasoning methods to be effective.

Question 7

Parallelism

Answer 7

Parallelism is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter.