Figurative Language
a comparison in which an unfamiliar idea is compared to a familiar idea, making the unfamiliar idea easier to comprehend
analogy
the name of the tree that Adam and Eve were told not to eat from, but did anyways
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
a sudden moment of realization
epiphany
a monologue in which a character speaks to him or herself, expressing inner thoughts that an audience might not otherwise know
soliloquy
joining together into a whole
synthesis
an idea or feeling that a word creates in addition to its literal meaning
connotation
the translated phrase that Offred finds scribbled on the wall of her room
don't let the bastards grind you down
the opposite of hyperbole
understatement
continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line or stanza of poetry; the opposite of "end stop"
enjambment
to admit that a claim in an opposing argument is true
to concede/a concession
language that a speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with (or often is the opposite of) its literal meaning
verbal irony
the author of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" and "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"
Gabriel García Márquez
the use of humor, irony, or hyperbole to criticize a flaw or problem in society, politics, or morality
satire
the smallest unit of poetic meter
foot
When an argument is both valid and its premises are true, it is this.
sound
imagery that conveys the sense of touch
tactile imagery
**Descartes's thought experiment that, he argues, supports his claim that it is impossible to doubt that he is a thinking thing**
he imagines that there is an all-powerful deceiver tricking him into believing in the existence of the world; this implies that, because he is being deceived, he must exist
a character who serves as a point of comparison to highlight the traits, attributes, or values of another character
foil
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, e.g. "the whole ear of Denmark is thus rankly abused"
synecdoche
Because arguments are usually part of an ongoing conversation, effective arguments often avoid expressing claims, reasoning, and evidence in ______ terms.
absolute
a unified pattern of recurring objects or images used to emphasize a significant idea in large parts of or throughout a text
motif
in Virginia Woolf's speech "Professions for Women," the two metaphorical obstacles she faces as a woman writer
1. The Angel in the House and 2. the "rock" that her thoughts are "dashed against" (men's unwillingness to accept that women are also sexual beings, desire sexual gratification, etc.)
how characters and writers understand their own circumstances, informed by values, beliefs, assumptions, and biases
perspective
the meter of blank verse
iambic pentameter
Some typical ______s are narration, cause-effect, comparison-contrast, definition, and description.
methods of development