Running Notes 71-80 Flashcards
Derived from Greek word meaning “simple”, this is a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or in other words, positive statement is expressed by negative its opposite expressions. “Not to bad” in place of “Pretty good” is an example.
Litotes
Literary term denotes an illusionary place that projects the notion of a perfect society o the reader. A utopian society is where all social evils have been cured.
Utopia
Derived from Latin word “sonetto”. Small or little song/lyric. In poetry a sonnet has 14 lines and is written in iambic pentameter. Each line has 10 syllables. It has a specific rhyme scheme and a “Volta: or a specific term.
Sonnet
A round character in a novel, play, or story is a complex personality. Like real people, he/she has depth in his feelings and passions. For instance, in the movie “Shrek”, the main character says “Ogres are like onions” which means that what appears to them is not the only truth they see; rather, there is something more inside them. Similarly, a round character has many layers like onions. Writers define a round character fully, both physically and mentally. It is the character with whom the audience can sympathize, associate, or relate to, as he seems a character they might have seen in their real lives(main characters, believable people).
Round Character
Literary device that occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead. The purpose is to allow the readers to make a distinction between appearances and realities, and eventually associate them to the theme of the story.
Situational Irony
One that does not undergo inner changes, or undergoes very little. The personality of this character remains the same at the end as it appears at the beginning.
Static Character
Literary genre that uses daily used language in writing and speaking. It is different from written works, as they normally follow the formal variety of language, The word refers to writing or speaking of the public. We find the origin of this type of literature during middle ages in different countries of Europe.
Vernacular
Vernacular is the use of ordinary everyday and plain language in speaking or writing, such as corn is a common name of a plant, and its scientific name is maize or zeamays, where as dialect is related to a particular region, geographical area, a particular social class, or an occupational group. Also, it uses a distinguished pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar, such as people in Shanghai have different pronunciations or dialect than in Yunnan
Vernacular V.S Dialect
Figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. This has something of an ironic effect.
Understatement
Known as homily, the term eulogy originates from a Greek word eulogia, which means to praise somebody or something. A eulogy is a literary device that is a laudatory expression in a speech, or a written tribute to a person deceased recently. We can say, it is a commendation or high praise intended to give honor, generally, to a dead family member, or a loved one, or it is a tribute given to a dead person at his/her funeral. Eulogies are also paid as tributes to living persons; for instance, one can dedicate it to his retired colleagues, bosses or employees for winning respectable position and noble deeds. Hence, in general, it is a gesture of honoring somebody.
Eulogy
