Vocab 2 Flashcards
Symbolism
The use of an image to convey a deeper non-literal meaning and complex ideas
Conceit
A comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor within a poem
Connotation
The implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase
Consonance
Consonance: The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in intervening vowels
Critique
An assessment or analysis of something, such as a passage of writing, for determining what it is, what its limitations are, and how it conforms to the standard of the genre
Deductive reasoning
The method of argument in which specific statements and conclusions are drawn from general principles: movement from the general to the specific
Dialect
The language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group
Diction
The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose or effect
Didactic
Writing or speech that has an instructive purpose or a lesson; often associated with a dry, pompous presentation
Elegy
A poem or prose that laments, or meditates upon the death of a person
Epistrophe
In rhetoric, the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences
Epitaph
Writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone
Ethos
In rhetoric, the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator
Anaphora
The regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses
Antithesis
The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas
