Semester 1 Final Flashcards
Personification
A literary device that gives human characteristics to non human objects
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Polysyndeton
A literary device that uses repeated conjunctions to emphasize or to express urgency
Pun
A form of word play that exploits many meanings of a word
Paradox
A statement that seems contradictory in the surface but makes sense/ reveals a deeper meaning when examined further.
Extended metaphor
metaphor that continues throughout many sentences or paragraphs
Motif
A recurring idea in a piece of literature. Often times symbolic Ex:the green light
Alliteration
The repeating of sounds, especially initial consonant Ex: she sells sea shells
Imperative sentence
A sentence giving a direct instruction, telling the reader to do something directly
Declarative sentence
A sentence making a claim or statement. Usually ending in a period
Litotes
A figure of speech where a positive statement is implied by negating its opposite. Ex: not bad
Compound sentence
A sentence containing two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon, or conjunction.
Complex sentence
A sentence containing one independent clauses joined and one dependent clause.
Anastrophe
Typical word placement is reversed or rearranged to emphasize certain parts
Post hoc ego propter hoc fallacy
The claim that an event following another, means that the first event caused the second.
Red herring
A logical error bringing up an irrelevant distraction from the main argument
Ad populum
An argument using the popularity of its claim as evidence of its truth
Circular fallacy
An argument repeating the claim as opposed to actually providing evidence
Begging the claim
An argument that assumes it’s truth relying on the claim for evidence
Ad hominem
Instead of addressing the argument, attacking the person or thing
Straw man
The distortion of someone’s argument to make it easier to attack
Ad miseracordiam
When someone uses pity to manipulate
False dilemma
An argument only providing two outcomes or possibilities for a situation
Ditto simpliciter
When a general rule is applied to all situation without considering specific circumstances
