TEWWG OBJECTIVE TEST Flashcards
Anecdote
a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
“told anecdotes about his job”
synonyms: story, tale, narrative, incident;
Allusion
Indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work
Chiasmus
Chiasmus is a rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect.
Let us try to understand chiasmus with the help of an example:
“Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.”
Didactic
Didacticism is a term that refers to a particular philosophy in art and literature that emphasizes the idea that different forms of art and literature ought to convey information and instructions along with pleasure and entertainment.
Euphemism
The term euphemism refers to polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant.
“Kick the bucket”=death
Irony
Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between the appearance and the reality.
Situational or verbal
Metonymy
It is a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. We can come across examples of metonymy both from literature and in everyday life.
“The White House is afraid of terrorism” meaning the people in it
“Coming for the crown” =power
Synecdoche
Synecdoche is a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part.
Synecdoche may also use larger groups to refer to smaller groups or vice versa. It may also call a thing by the name of the material it is made of or it may refer to a thing in a container or packing by the name of that container or packing.
“Steel”=sword
Badger (verb)
To harass or annoy persistently
Brood (verb)
To sit on or incubate
Folly
Foolishness, no sense
Mangled
severely mutilate, disfigure, or damage by cutting, tearing, or crushing.
“the car was mangled almost beyond recognition”
Remorse
deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.
Resignation
the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable.
Scurry
Verb
1.
(of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps.
“pedestrians scurried for cover”
synonyms: hurry, hasten, run, rush, dash; More
antonyms: amble
noun
noun: scurry
1.
a situation of hurried and confused movement.
“I was in such a scurry”
synonyms: rush, race, dash, run, hurry; More
