Words 11-20 Flashcards
Coherence
the “quality” of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea/theme or organizing principle
Aphorism
a short, often witty statement of a principle or truth. Benjamin Franklin was somewhat famous for these in Poor Richard’s Almanac ex. “The early bird gets the worm..”
Apostrophe
usually in poetry, but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place thing, or personified abstraction
Cacophony
also referred to as DISSONANCE…. hard awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of EUPHONY
Connotation-Denotation
use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning-literal definition meaning
Enumeration
rhetorical device used for listing the details or a process of mentioning words or phases step by step. In fact it is a type of of amplification or division in which a subject is further distributed into components or parts writers use this to clarify and detail understanding
Analogy
comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. it aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar
Parallelism
use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same, or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter. Examples are found in literary works along with everyday conversations
Allusion
brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or place or thing in which it refers.
Metonymy
its a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. We can come across examples of metonymy both from literature and in everyday life. Do NOT confuse with metaphor, it is not making a comparison
