Rhetorical Terms #21-30 Flashcards
1
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Generic Conventions
A
traditions for each genre; defines genre
2
Q
Genre
A
the catergory a literary work belongs (prose, poetry, drama)
3
Q
Homily
A
sermon, any serious speech giving moral or spiritual advice
4
Q
hyperbole
A
exaggeration
5
Q
Imagery
A
sensory details or figurative language used to arouse emotion
6
Q
Inference/Infer
A
reasonable conclusion
7
Q
Invective
A
emotional, verbal denunciation (strong language)
8
Q
Irony/Ironic
A
contrast between statement and meaning (verbal, situational, dramatic)
9
Q
Loose Sentence
A
independent clause comes before dependent units (informal)
10
Q
Metaphor
A
figure of speech comparing unlike things or subsituting
