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SAT Vocabulary 31

Language Vocabulary for CP2

TermDefinition
bathos anticlimax; triteness or triviality in style; sentimentality. Also used to denote an insincere pathos, an evocation of pity or compassion.
malapropism ridiculous misuse of words, especially by confusion of words that are similar in sound.
metaphor the application of a word or phrase to an object or concept that it does not literally denote, in order to suggest a comparison with another object or concept.
metonymy the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as "the bottle" for strong drink.
onomatopoeia formation of words in imitation of natural sounds the use of words whose sound suggests the sense.
oxymoron a figure of speech by which a particular phrasing of words produces an effect by seeming self-contradiction, as in "cruel-kindness" or "laborious idleness."
panegyric an oration, discourse, or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
paradigm example or pattern; a set of forms in grammar all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem.
paralipsis the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much significant material is being omitted, as in the use of the phrase "not to mention other faults." Another name for preterition
pleonasm the use of more words than necessary to express an idea; redundancy; superfluity.
polygot knowing many or several languages; containing composed of, or in several languages; a confusion of languages; a person with a speaking or reading knowledge of a number of languages.
semantics the study of meaning; the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
simile a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using the words "like" or "as," as in "she is like a rose."
synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in "ten sail" for "ten ships" or a Croesus for a "rich man" or the name of the material for the thing made.
threnody a poem, speech, or slang of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
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