Language
related to style, this refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
What is diction
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of the words.
What is onomatopoeia?
Similar to mood, this describes the author's attitude towards his or her material, the audience, or both.
What is tone?
Anything that represents itself and stands for something else. It is usually something concrete that represents something abstract.
What is a symbol?
Direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, myth, book, place, or work of art.
What is an allusion?
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.
What is syntax.
A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
What is hyperbole?
The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.
What is repetition?
A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.
What is irony?
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
What is a parody?
1.) an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices.
What is style
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other suggesting similarity.
What is metaphor?
The multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage: either intentional or unintentional.
What is ambiguity?
To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.
What is an inference?
From the Greek meaning " to tear flesh," this involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule.
What is sarcasm?
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.
What is invective?
The sensory details of figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.
What is imagery?
Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to structural similarity.
What is parallelism?
From the Greek word "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.
What is rhetoric?
An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.
What is pedantic?
The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.
What is semantics?
From the Greek word for "pointedly foolish, " this is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.
What is oxymoron?
A story set within a story, narrative, or movie, told by the main or the supporting character. A character starts telling a story to other characters, or they sit down to write a story, telling the details to the audience.
What is a frame story?
The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. May involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes.
What is connotation?
A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.
What is a euphemism?