Style Quiz Flashcards
the choices a writer makes regarding words, phrases, and sentences.
ex:“When my cat expired, I waxed lachrymose.”
Intended meaning: “When my cat died, I started crying.”
style
the formal, dictionary definition of a word
ex: “Wilbert Newton is a perfect example of a statesmen.”
denotation
the feelings and emotions that a certain word evokes.
ex: “Wilbert Newton is a perfect example of a politician.”
connotation
writer tries to point out to the reader differences between two juxtaposed ideas rather than similarities.
ex: When distance runners reach the state they call zone, they find themselves mentally engaged yet detached.
Antithesis
an omission of conjunctions between related clauses
ex: I skated, I shot, I scored, I cheered–what a glorious moment of sport!
Asyndeton
any omission of words, the meaning of which is provided by overall context of the passage.
ex:In a hockey power play, if you pass the puck to the wing, and he to you, then you can close in on the goal.
Ellipsis
repetition of the same group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
Anaphora
Example: Exercise builds stamina in young children; exercise builds stamina in teenagers and young adults; exercise builds stamina in older adults and senior citizens.
A part of something is used to refer to the whole.
Example: We decided we could rearrange the gym equipment if everyone would lend a hand.
Synecdoche
an apparently meaningless word, phrase, or sound that marks a pause or hesitation in speech. Also known as a pause
ex: um, uh, er, ah, like, okay, right, and you know.
filler word
A rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general, and from this, it draws a conclusion about something more specific.
“All men are mortal” is a major statement
Syllogism
the logical reasoning with one premise left unsaid
“We cannot trust Katie, because she lied last week.”
Enthymeme
the repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two or more adjacent words
After awhile, crocodile
Assonance
the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause
When I give, I give myself
Anadiplosis
when an entity is referred to by one of its attributes
“The central office announced…”
Metonymy
the repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order
“You like it; it likes you.”
“Fair is foul and foul is fair.”
Antimetabole
