Literary Terms G-M Flashcards
Homily
literally “sermon”, or any serious talk, speech, or lecture providing or spiritual device
Genre
the major category into which a literary work fits
Hyperbole
a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
Imagery
the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse, emotion, or represent abstractions
Infer
to draw a reasonable conclusion from the informmation
Incentive
an emotionally violet, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language
Irony
the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant
Verbal Irony
words literally state the opposite of speakers true meaning
Situational Irony
events turn out the opposite of what was expected
Dramatic Irony
facts or events are unknown to a character but known to the reader or the audience or other characters in work
Loose Sentence
a type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units
Metaphor
a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one of the the other, suggesting some similarity
Metonomy
from greek “changed label”, the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it
Mood
grammatically, verbal units and a speakers attitude; literally, the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a word
