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| this is an argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason, to feeling rather than intellect |
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| using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction |
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| a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. |
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| a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure. (ex: "Man proposes, God disposes"... "Too black for heaven, and yet too white for hell" |
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| a terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principle. |
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| if the authorship is unknown (NOT APHORISM) |
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| the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect. |
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| synonym of "burlesque, parody, travesty, satire, lampoon, etc." |
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| based on inverted parallelism. two clauses are related to each other through a reversal of terms. (ex: "His time a moment, and a point his space"... "ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country" |
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| a really weird metaphor. a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. |
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| have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially teaching of moral or ethical principles. |
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| a device used to produce figurative language |
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| writing that is not supposed to have a literal meaning |
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| traditions for each genre. they differentiate between each genre |
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| a major category of a literary work |
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| a talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice |
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| a verbal denunciation or attach using abusive language |
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| What are the three types of irony? Explain each. |
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| 1) verbal-- the words state the opposite of the speaker's actual meaning 2) situational--it turns out the opposite of what you expected 3) dramatic irony-- the audience knows things that a character doesn't |
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| the main idea comes first and then phrases and clauses AKA periodic sentence |
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| prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work |
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| the emotional mood established by the setting and the author's choice of subjects that are described |
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| a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity |
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| a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. |
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| words, phrases, or tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish |
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| independent clause is at the end of the sentence after a phrase or clause |
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| bitter language meant to hurt someone |
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| a work that targets human vices and follies, or social institutions and conventions, for reform or ridicule |
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| an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes |
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| major premise+minor premise-->conclusion |
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| a rhetorical figure by which something is referred to in terms less important than it really deserves. (ex.: Mercutio calling his mortal wound a "scratch") |
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| the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. |
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