Vocab For 3rd 9 Weeks Flashcards
The deliberate omission of conjunctions in a series of related clauses
Asyndeton
The statements of the beliefs or aims that guide someone’s actions
Credo
The use of coordinating conjunctions close together and more than needed for stylistic effect
Polysyndeton
A figure of speech in which a part made to represent the whole or vice versa
Synecdoche
An action/ literary element that makes a connection between ideas, sentences and paragraphs
Enfolding transition
In the midst of thing, used as the literary and artistic narrative technique of relating a story from the mid point, rather than the beginning
In media res
Savagely cruel; brutal
Barbarous
Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instructions as an ulterior motive
Didactic
An inscription on a building, statue, or coin
Epigraph
Changing frequently, or as especially to ones loyalty, interests or affection
Fickle
A foolish act or idea
Follies
A pink flowered North American shrub
Rhodora
A person whose behavior or views do not conform to prevailing ideas or practices
Nonconformists
Proud, aloot, or self important or of a noble exalted nature
Lofty
A hindrance or obstruction in doing something
Impediment
