the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects tat are described
What is atmosphere?
100
Refers to writing that intends to inform and demonstrate a point
What is Exposition?
100
the ironic minimizing of fact,presents something as less significant than it actually is
What is an understatement
100
the repetition of a of a word or phase at the end of a sentence
What is Epistrophe?
100
a comparison of two objects
What is Metaphor?
200
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else
What is Antithesis?
200
Refers to writing that tells a story or that relate a series of events
What is Narration?
200
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
What is paradox?
200
The action of saying words aloud
ex. author's words throughout the book
What is Diction?
200
a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
ex. the drive to Florida was endless
What is Hyperbole?
300
the repetition of vowel sounds in successive words (used to clarify and intensify the meaning of the original word)
What is Assonance?
300
refers to writing that creates sensory images, often evoking a mood or atmosphere
What is Description?
300
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase
What is oxymoron?
300
the structure or word order of two closely placed phrases or clauses in the reverse of each other
What is Chasmus?
300
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
What is Personification?
400
using events in a story to representation abstraction to the literal meaning
ex. Aslan from Narnia to Jesus
What is Allegory?
400
refers to writing that takes a stand on an issue and supports it with evident and logical reasoning
What is Argumentation?
400
a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it
What is metonymy?
400
means "instructive"
have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially teaching moral or ethical principles
What is Didactic?
400
the use of a double negative to generate a positive understatement
ex. the homework assignment was unreasonable
What is Litotes?
500
a short narrative account of an amusing, unusual, revealing or interesting event
What is Anecdote?
500
this term encompasses the four traditional categories of written texts
What is the the definition of Modes of Discourse?
500
a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa
What is synecdoche?
500
the repetition of consonant sound in close succession (linking and emphasizing similarities)
What is Consonance?
500
the inclusion of a conjunction before every item in a list or series