Vocab List 2 Flashcards
Antecedent
The word to which a pronoun refers
Comparison
A statement of similarities
Conceit
A comparison of two highly dissimilar things
Diatribe
A bitter verbal attack
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration
Mood
The emotion that the reader feels when reading a literary work
Parallelism
The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences
Parody
An imitation of a work intended to ridicule the work
Periodic Sentence
A sentence with the independent clause at the end
Rhetoric
The art of using language effectively
Predicate Adjective
The adjective that follows a linking verb
Satire
A work that ridicules humans or social institutions
Semantics
The meaning of a word or sentence
Anecdote
A short account of an incident
Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent the whole thing