Vocabulary Flashcards
When reader/audience knows something the characters does not
Dramatic Irony
language with contrast between apparent and real meaning, softer form of sarcasm
Irony
logical adherence to a topic that binds all parts of a composition, clear sentences, being logical and consistent
Coherence
Speed at which a piece of writing moves along
Pacing
The way a writer writes
Style
Rhetoric modes
Variety, conventions and purposes of major kinds of writing
Art of using persuasive language, analyzing choices in writing
Rhetoric
words state the opposite of writer/speakers meaning
Verbal irony
contradictory terms used together for effect
Oxymoron
events in order as they happen
Narration
events turn out the opposite of what was expected
situational Irony
writing that explains, conveys information, or gives background, it tells
Exposition
Mocking, imitation of something, meant to be funny
Parody
writers attempt to convince his reader to agree with him
Argumentation
perspective
Point of view
third person where author knows everything
Omniscent
third person where author only knows certain things
limited
facts, words, or emphasis to achieve a preconceived intent, arrange words in a way so that the reader has the same emotion as you
slanting
Statement that seems self contradictory but contains truth, at first does not seem to make sense but it actually does
paradox
words or expression used in a nonliteral way
figurative language
