Vocab 5 Flashcards
1
Q
Discordant
A
Disagreeable in sound
2
Q
Cacophony
A
Harsh discordant sounds in a literary work
3
Q
Comic relief
A
A humorous character or scene inserted between tragic events
4
Q
Deconstruct
A
To break something into parts in order to understand the meanings of the parts
5
Q
Assertion
A
The thesis of an essay
6
Q
Epigraph
A
A quotation at the beginning of a literary composition
7
Q
Euphony
A
The presentation of pleasant sounds in a work
8
Q
Exclamatory sentence
A
Jdhdh
9
Q
Exposition
A
Background info presented in a work
10
Q
Ibid
A
The source directly above ibid
11
Q
Monologue
A
A speech given by a character
12
Q
Parable
A
A story that operates on more than one level and teaches a moral
13
Q
Polysyndeton
A
The presence of many conjunctions between clauses
14
Q
Urbane
A
Refined often in an elegant manner
15
Q
Voice
A
The author’s original style
