Literary Terms quiz - 10/20/14 Flashcards
allegory
the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning- in some for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. the meaning usually deals with moral truth or generalization about human existence
ad hominen arguement
Latin meaning “to or against man;” an argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason, to feeling rather than intellect
alliteration
the repetition of sounds, especially initial constant sounds in two or more neighboring words. Repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, and o supply musical sound
allusion
brief reference to a person, event, or place or to a work of art
anaphora
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
antimetabole
repetition of words in reverse order
antithesis
opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a parallel construction
archaic diction
old-fashioned or out dated choice of words
asyndeton
omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses or words
cumulative sentence
sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and hen builds and adds on
hortative sentence
sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action
imperative sentence
sentence used to command or enjoin
inversion
inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order)
juxtaposition
placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences
metaphor
figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as