vocab 4 Flashcards
characterized by feigned or deliberately artificial seriousness
mock serious
the emotional tone
mood
a phrase, idea, or event that repeats throughout an essay…
motif
of or relating to facts and reality
objective
the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
onomatopoeia
a statement that seems self- contradictory but nevertheless true
paradox
contextual, grammatical presentation of two ideas of equal rank
parallelism
a version of text put into simpler, everyday language
paraphrase
appealing to the audience’s emotions, usually by creating a sense of sorrow
pathos
narrowly academic instead of broad and humane
pedantic
objects and animals are given human characteristics
personification
the relation in which a narrorator speaks
point of view
using multiple repititions of the same conjunction
polysyndeton
the depiction of people and things without exageration
realism
the part of discourse wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and answered
rebuttal