test #7 Flashcards
a part of a song that is repeated after each verse, typically by more than one singer.
Chorus
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
Couplet
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
Denotation
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Diction
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Euphemism
a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
Farce
prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.
Foil
a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
Genre
Jargon
special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.
Ode
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Oxymoron
a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
Paradox
especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle.
Pastoral
a quality that evokes pity or sadness.
Pathos
an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
Soliloquy
