Test #3 Flashcards
Invective
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attach using strong abusive language
Inference/infer
To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented
Juxtaposition
When two words, phrase, images, Ideas are placed close together or side-by-side for comparison or contrast
Loose sentence
A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses
Metonymy
The term from the Greek meaning “changed label” or “substitute name”, is a figure speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it
Narrative
The telling of the story or an account of an event or series of events
Oxymoron
From the Greek word for pointedly foolish, a figure speech where is the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox
Parallelism
From Greek roots meaning beside one another, refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity