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A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature
What is anecdote
100
A sharp caustic remark. A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually
What is sarcasm?
100
Sensory details in a work; the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, call to mind an idea, or describe an object. Imagery involves any or all of the five senses
What is imagery
100
An author's choice of words to convey a tone or effect
What is diction
200
A character's view of the situation or events in the story
What is perspective
200
A figure of speech which makes brief, even casual reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object to create a resonance in the reader or to apply a symbolic meaning to the character or object of which the allusion consists.
What is allusion
200
Use of language in which multiple meanings are possible. Ambiguity can be unintentional through insufficient focus on the part of the writer; in good writing, ambiguity is frequently intentional in the form of multiple connotative meanings, or situations in which either the connotative or the denotative meaning can be valid in a reading.
What is ambiguity
200
A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes, such as buzz or hiss.
What is onomatopoeia
200
the context of a rhetorical event that consists of an issue, an audience, and a set of constraints.
What is situation
300
A brief saying embodying a moral;A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief.
What is aphorism
300
Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time
What is Nostalgia
300
A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing; an oration in honor of a deceased person
What is eulogy
400
A figure of speech in which a person, thing, or abstract quality is addressed as if present; for example, the invocation to the muses usually found in epic poetry.
What is apostrophe
400
A situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant. Irony is frequently humorous, and can be sarcastic when using words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean
What is irony
400
A statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true.
What is paradox
400
Conclusion or type of reasoning whereby observation or information about a part of a class is applied to the class as a rvhole. Contrast r.vith deductive.
What is inductive
400
A sentence that withholds its main idea until the end. For example: Just as he bent to tie his shoe, a car hit him
What is a delayed sentence?
500
A particular word pattern or combination of words used in a literary work to evoke a desired effect or arouse a desired reaction in the reader
What is devices?
500
Not related to the concrete properties of an object; pertaining to ideas, concepts, or qualities, as opposed to physical attributes
What is abstract
500
Character or force in a literary work that opposes the main character, or protagonist
What is antagonist