S2 Dictionary Terms Flashcards
Making a play on words
Verbal Irony
Word Origins
Etymology
The line stops but the idea does not
Enjambment
Iambic pentameter and had three quatrains and a couplet rhyme scheme (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE)
Spencerian Sonnet
Tragic Flaw
Hamartia
An emotional release
Cartharsis
An imitation
Mimesis
An introduction of plot
Protasis
Leading up to the climax
Epitasis
A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control
Dystopia
Social criticism through humor
Satire
A short story (symbolic)
Fable
Dark, symbolic story
Parable
Longer story, symbolic and developed
Allegory
Making fun of something through immitation
Parody
The idea that the socially strongest are going to thrive
Social Darwinism
Measure of emotions
Consumer Setiment
One who has many flaws, has a dark personality, but by some means, lands in the position of a hero (unintentional hero)
Anti-Hero
A picture, description, or imitation of a person/thing i which characteristics are exaggerated for effect
Caricature
Who an author is writing for
Audience
The idea that the author might try and confuse the reader for the purpose of impact
Ambiguity
The exact opposite
Antithesis
A wise saying or idiom
Aphorism
A speech that won’t be heard or responded to
Apostrophe
Subject+Predicate
Clause
