Week Four Rhetorical Vocab Flashcards
Inference
reaching a conclusion from known facts
Interior Monologue
the inner thoughts of the characters
Invective
abusive, reproachful, venomous language intended to offend or blame or hurt
Inversion
the syntactic reversal of the normal order of words and phrases in a sentence
Irony
when a person says or does something that departs from what one expects them to say or do
Jargon
a type of specialized language used within a unique field
Lampoon
speech or text that is satire meant to criticize (ex - political cartoons)
Logical Fallacy
flawed, deceptive, or false arguments that can be proben wrong with reasoning
Lyric
a type of poem construction. usually has verses and is flowing and meaningful/filled with feeling
Metaphor
a comparison using “is”
Meter
the rhythmic pattern of poetry
Metonymy
translates to “change of name” ;; something is referred to by something that is closely related to it. i.e. referring to a plate of food as just a “plate” or “lend me your ears” or “give me a hand”
Mock Epic
a form of satire - takes the epicness of a heroic style of the classical epic poem and makes it about something trivial.
Mode
a way of categorizing literature by the way it is done; (ex - descriptive, persuasive, etc)
Moral
a lesson that is conveyed through the text
