Words of the Week #2 Flashcards
writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach. Usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns. May be fiction or non fiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.
Didactic
spoken or written language, including literary works; four traditionally classified modes are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion.
Discourse
harsh or grating sounds that do not go together
Dissonance
when the reader is aware of an inconsistency between fictional or non fictional character’s perception of a situation and truth of that situation.
Dramatic Irony
indicated by a series of 3 periods, indicates that some material has been omitted from a given text. It could be a word, phrase, sentence, paragraph, or a whole paragraph. Be weary, it could obscure the meaning of the piece of writing.
Ellipsis
When a writes appeals to the readers emotions (often through pathos) to excite and involve them in the argument.
Emotional appeal (Pathos)
the use of quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at it’s theme.
Epigraph
When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect or believe him or her based on the presentation of image of self though a text. Reputation is sometimes a factor in ethical appeal, but in all cases the aim is to gain the audience’s confidence.
Ethical Appeal (Ethos)
a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. “He went to his final reward” —-> “He died”
Euphemism
a succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; opposite of cacophony
Euphony
the immediate revelation to the audience of the setting an other background information necessary for understanding the plot.
Exposition
a sustained comparison, often referred to as conceit. Developed throughout the piece of writing.
Extended Metaphor
When 2 cases are not sufficiently parallel to lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them.
False Analogy
language that contains figures of speech such as similes and metaphors in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal.
Figurative language
expressions, such as similes, metaphors, and personifications that make imaginative rather than literal comparisons or associations.
Figures of speech
