Literary And Rhetorical Terms Flashcards
Consonance
Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity
Connotation
Ideas or qualities that are implied by a word
Cumulative
Sentence which begins with the main idea and then expands on that idea with a series of details or other particulars
Deduction
The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example
denotation
The literal meaning of a word
Diction
Literary word choice
Didactic
A word “designed to impart information, advice, or some doctrine or morality or philosophy
Dramatic Irony
Audience knows something that the character does not
Elliptical
Sentence structure which leaves out something in the second half, usually there is a subject-verb-object combination in the first half of the sentence, and the second half of the sentence will repeat the structure but omit the verb and use a comma to indicate elipted material
Epigraph
A quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme
Equivocation
To speak in a way that is intentionally not clear an confusing to other people, especially to hide the truth
Example
An individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern
Explication
The art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text
Figurative Language
Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid
Figure of Speech
A device used to produce figurative language
