Vocab Terms: Brieyanna Mc Williams
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| 214343896 | Allusion | A reference in Literature to something outside of the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work. | |
| 214343897 | Attitude | The disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character. | |
| 214343898 | Details | The individual items or parts that make up a larger picture or story. | |
| 214343899 | Devices of Sound | The techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry. | |
| 214343900 | Diction | Word choice. | |
| 214343901 | Figurative Language | Writing that uses figures of speech, such as a metaphor, simile, and irony (as opposed to literary language, or that which is actually or specifically denoted). | |
| 214343902 | Imagery | The images created by a literary work; the sensory details of a work; the figurative language of a work. | |
| 214343903 | Irony | A figure of speech in which the intended meaning and actual meaning differ. | |
| 214343904 | Allegory | A story in which people, things and events have another extended, frequently abstract, meaning. | |
| 214343905 | Ambiguity | Multiple meanings that a literary work may communicate, especially when two meanings are incompatible. | |
| 214343906 | Apostrophe | Direct address, usually to someone or something that is not present. | |
| 214343907 | Connotation | The implications of a word, or phrase, or the emotions associated with it, as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation). | |
| 214343908 | Convention | A device of style or subject matter that is used so often that it becomes a recognized means of expression. | |
| 214343909 | Denotation | The specific. literal meaning of a word to be found in a dictionary, as opposed to connotation. | |
| 214343910 | Didactic | Explicitly instructive. | |
| 214343911 | Digression | The inclusion of material unrelated to the actual subject of a work. | |
| 214343912 | Syllogism | A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. | |
| 214343913 | Assonance | The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. | |
| 214343914 | Ballad Meter | A four-lined stanza rhymed abcb in which lines one and three have four feet and lines two and four have three feet, | |
| 214343915 | Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter. | |
| 214343916 | Dactyl | A metrical foot of three syllables, including an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables. | |
| 214343917 | End-Stopped | A line with a pause at the end. | |
| 214343918 | Free Verse | Poetry that is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical. | |
| 214343919 | Heroic Couplet | Two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc, usually containing a complete thought in the two-line unit. | |
| 214343920 | Hexameter | A line containing six feet. | |
| 214343921 | Metaphor | A figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like "as," "like," or "than." | |
| 214343922 | Narrative Techniques | The methods involved in telling a story; the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts. | |
| 214343923 | Omniscient Point of View | The vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses. | |
| 214343924 | Point of View | Any of several possible vantage points from which a story is told. | |
| 214343925 | Resources of Language | A general phrase for the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use. | |
| 214343926 | Rhetorical Techniques | The devices used in effective or persuasive language. | |
| 214343927 | Satire | Writing that uses ridicule to arouse a reader's disapproval of the subject. | |
| 214343928 | Setting | The background of a story; the physical location of a play, story, or novel including both time and place. | |
| 214343929 | Epigram | A pithy saying, often employing contrast. It's also a verse form, which is usually brief and pointed. | |
| 214343930 | Euphemism | A figure of speech utilizing indirection to avoid offensive bluntness, such as "deceased" for "dead" or "remains" for "corpse." | |
| 214343931 | Grotesque | Characterized by distortions or incongruities. | |
| 214343932 | Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration, overstatement. | |
| 214343933 | Jargon | The specialized language of a profession or group. | |
| 214343934 | Literal | The precise, explicit meaning; accurate to the letter; a matter of fact, as opposed to figurative language. | |
| 214343935 | Lyrical | Songlike; characterized by emotion, subjectivity, and imagination. | |
| 214343936 | Oxymoron | A combination or juxtaposition of opposites; a union of contradictory terms. | |
| 214343937 | Thesis | The theme, meaning, or position that a writer endeavors to prove or support. | |
| 214343938 | Iamb | A two-syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable. | |
| 214343939 | Internal Rhyme | Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end. | |
| 214343940 | Onomatopoeia | The use of words whose very sound suggests their actual meaning. | |
| 214343941 | Pentameter | A line containing five feet. It's the most common line used in English verse that was written before 1950. | |
| 214343942 | Rhyme Royal | A seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, which was used by Chaucer and other medieval poets. | |
| 214343943 | Sonnet | A poem written in iambic pentameter, normally composed of fourteen lines. | |
| 214343944 | Stanza | A repeated grouping of three or more lines, usually with the same meter and rhyme scheme. | |
| 214343945 | Terza Rima | A three-lined stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc. | |
| 214343946 | Simile | A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with "like," "as," or "then." | |
| 214343947 | Strategy (or rhetorical strategy) | The management for language for a specific effect. | |
| 214343948 | Structure | The arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work. | |
| 214343949 | Style | The mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author. | |
| 214343950 | Symbol | Something that is simultaneously itself and also a sign of something else. | |
| 214343951 | Syntax | The structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence. | |
| 214343952 | Theme | The main thought expressed by a work. | |
| 214343953 | Tone | The manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning. | |
| 214343954 | Parable | A story designed to suggest a principle, to illustrate a moral, or to answer a question. | |
| 214343955 | Paradox | A statement that seems to be self-contradictory but is, in fact, true. | |
| 214343956 | Parody | A composition that imitates the style of another composition, normally done for comic effect. | |
| 214343957 | Personification | A figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman (ideas, inanimate objects, animals, abstractions) with humans characteristics. | |
| 214343958 | Reliability | A quality of some fictional narrators in whose word the reader can place his trust. | |
| 214343959 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked for effect, not in expectation or a reply. | |
| 214343960 | Soliloquy | A speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud. | |
| 214343961 | Stereotype | A conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea. | |
| 214343962 | Alliteration | The repetition of similar or identical consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words. | |
| 214343963 | Tetrameter | A line of four feet. | |
| 214343964 | Antecedent | That which has gone before, especially thee word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers. | |
| 214343965 | Clause | A group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may not form a complete sentence. | |
| 214343966 | Ellipsis | A phrase that omits some words that would be necessary for a complete construction, yet which is still understandable. | |
| 214343967 | Imperative | The mood of a verb that gives an order. | |
| 214343968 | Modify | To restrict or limit in meaning. | |
| 214343969 | Parallel Structure | A similar grammatical structure within a sentence or a paragraph. | |
| 214343970 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that becomes grammatically complete only at the end (after the period). |
