Vocab 3 Flashcards
antihero
a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes.
dramatic monologue
a type of poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character
feminine rhyme
a rhyme that matches two or more syllables, usually at the end of respective lines, in which the final syllable or syllables are unstressed.
masculine rhyme
a rhyme on a single stressed syllable at the end of a line of poetry.
parody
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
antecedent
a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.
euphemism
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
farce
a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
metonymy
the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.
synesthesia
the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body.
deus ex machina
an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
euphony
agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear
hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
oxymoron
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs
