Week 5 Terms

Question 1

EGO

Answer 1

Balances ID and SUPEREGO and makes decisions based on evidence from both

Question 2

SUPEREGO

Answer 2

Moral compass that causes guilt, + can punish self for not meeting expectations

Question 3

Extended metaphor

Answer 3

Metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work

Question 4

Elegy

Answer 4

Poetic lament upon the death of a particular person

Question 5

Epigraph

Answer 5

Quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme

Question 6

Epistrophe

Answer 6

Repetition of a phrase at the end of sentences

Question 7

Figure of speech

Answer 7

Device used to produce figurative language

• Many compare dissimilar things
• Include apostrophe, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, synecdoche, + understatement

Question 8

Euphony

Answer 8

Pleasant, melodious presentation of sounds in a literary work

Question 9

Exposition

Answer 9

Part of the text that explains its own meaning

Question 10

Fable

Answer 10

Short story in which animals or objects speak in a story to teach a moral or religious lesson

Question 11

Flashback

Answer 11

Device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts, events or episodes

Question 12

Exordium

Answer 12

Beginning or introductory part (especially of a treaty) or argument; establishes ethos and announces the subject and purpose of discourse

Question 13

Epitaph

Answer 13

Praise for a dead person, usually on a headstone

Question 14

Euphemism

Answer 14

From the Greek for “good speech,” euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept

• May be used to adhere to standards of social or political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement
• Ex: “earthly remains” rather than “corpse” is an example of euphemism.

Question 15

Enthymeme

Answer 15

Essentially a syllogism with one of the premises implied, and taken for granted as understood (You should take her class because I learned so much from her last year. The implied premise: If you take her class, you will learn a lot too.)

Question 16

Figurative language

Answer 16

Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid

Question 17

Form

Answer 17

Shape or structure of a literary work

Question 18

Foil

Answer 18

Character that contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist and, in doing so, highlights various traits of the main character’s personality

Question 19

Eulogy

Answer 19

Speech or prose in praise of a deceased person

Question 20

Dogmatism

Answer 20

Fallacy of argument in which a claim is supported on the grounds that it’s the only conclusion acceptable within a given community

Question 21

Either/or argument

Answer 21

In this fallacy, the speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices

Question 22

Ellipsis

Answer 22

Indication by a series of three periods that some material has been omitted from a text

Question 23

Equivocation

Answer 23

Fallacy of argument in which a lie is given the appearance of truth, or in which the truth is misrepresented in deceptive language

Question 24

ID

Answer 24

Instant gratification, implusive actions, + subconscious selfishness