related to style, this refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
What is diction
100
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of the words.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Similar to mood, this describes the author's attitude towards his or her material, the audience, or both.
What is tone?
100
Anything that represents itself and stands for something else. It is usually something concrete that represents something abstract.
What is a symbol?
100
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?
200
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.
What is syntax.
200
A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
What is hyperbole?
200
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?
200
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 that are described.
What is atmosphere?
200
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?
300
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
300
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other suggesting similarity.
What is metaphor?
300
The multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage: either intentional or unintentional.
What is ambiguity?
300
To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.
What is an inference?
300
From the Greek meaning " to tear flesh," this involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule.
What is sarcasm?
400
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.
What is invective?
400
The sensory details of figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.
What is imagery?
400
Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to structural similarity.
What is parallelism?
400
From the Greek word "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.
What is rhetoric?
400
An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.
What is pedantic?
500
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?
500
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?
500
A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone.
What is a periodic sentence?
500
The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. May involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes.
What is connotation?
500
A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.