Rhet Terms F-O Flashcards
Free verse
A kind of poetry without rhymes lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet
Heroic couplet
Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse
Hyperbole
Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
Idyll
A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
Irony
A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected
Litotes
A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity
Lyric poetry
Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feelings about the subject
Metonymy
A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated
Ode
A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject
Onomatopoeia
The use of words whose sounds suggest the meaning
Oxymoron
A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
