Saying "the White House" instead of President Trump
What is Metonymy
100
the central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life
What is theme
100
the ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant that it is
What is understatement
100
a major division of genre that refers to fiction and non fiction
What is Prose
100
the evaluation of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices
What is style
200
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another
What is Parody
200
The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work
What is mood
200
contains both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone
What is subordinate clause
200
bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something
What is sarcasm
200
the wan an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences
What is syntax
300
A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions
What is Personification
300
the perspective from which a story is told, can be in first, second, or third person
What is point of view
300
a word or phrase that links different ideas
What is a transition
300
a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things
What is a metaphor
300
anything that represents itself and stands for something else
What is symbol
400
the word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements or completes the subject of the sentence by renaming it or describing it
What is a subject complement
400
Intellectually amusing language that surprises or delights
What is wit
400
"jumbo-shrimp" or "cruel kindness"
What is an oxymoron
400
the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively
What is rhetoric
400
the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing (also called the modes of discourse)
What is Rhetorical Modes
500
Similar to mood, this describes the author's attitude toward his/her material, the audience, or both
What is tone
500
a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity
What is paradox
500
The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position
What is Thesis
500
a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion
What is syllogism
500
a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words