week 2 Flashcards
What is VERNACULAR?
The language spoken by the people who live in a particular locality.
What is UNDERSTATEMENT?
A statement that says less than what is meant.
Example: During the second war with Iraq, American troops complained of a fierce sand storm that made even the night-vision equipment useless. A British commando commented about the storm: “It’s a bit breezy.”
What is TRAGEDY?
In general, a story in which a heroic character either dies or comes to some other unhappy end.
What is THEME?
The insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work.
What is TONE?
The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience, revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization.
What is STEREOTYPE?
A fixed idea or conception of a character or an idea which does not allow for any individuality, often based on religious, social, or racial prejudices.
What is STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS?
A style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character’s mind.
What is STYLE?
The distinctive way in which a writer uses language: a writer’s distinctive use of diction, tone, and syntax.
What is SUSPENSE?
A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story.
What is SYMBOL?
A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself.
What is SYNECDOCHE?
A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole.
Example: “If you don’t drive properly, you will lose your wheels.” The wheels represent the entire car.
What is a QUATRAIN?
A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit.
What is a REFRAIN?
A word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated, for effect, several times in a poem.
What is RHYTHM?
A rise and fall of the voice produced by the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables in language.
What is RHETORIC?
Art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse.
